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What is an AI skill?

A skill is a packaged set of instructions, context, examples, standards, and supporting files that tells an AI agent how to do a specific job. If a prompt is one message you type, a skill is the reusable version your agent can keep using.

Think of it as a playbook for one repeatable CRE task.

Instead of asking an AI to “analyze this deal” and hoping it knows what good looks like, a skill tells it exactly how the task should be done, what to check, and what answer to return.

One instruction

Prompt

Useful for a quick question, but easy to forget, vary, or underspecify.

One reusable job

Skill

Captures the task, context, standards, output format, and review steps.

When multiple skills connect — screen the deal, then underwrite it, then draft the IC memo — complex processes become something your team can run, review, and improve as a system.

What can be inside a skill

Instructions

The task, decision logic, and workflow steps the AI should follow.

Context

The CRE facts, assumptions, terminology, and inputs that matter.

Standards

What good work looks like, including checks, red flags, and review criteria.

Output format

The structure the answer should come back in so it is easy to review and reuse.

Supporting files

Examples, reference materials, templates, or scripts when the task needs more than text.

Why not just ask ChatGPT?

A fresh prompt depends on the person remembering every detail. A skill carries the task structure with it every time.

Without a skill

“Analyze this deal for me”

This appears to be a 200-unit multifamily property in Austin, TX. The asking price seems reasonable given current market conditions. Here are some factors to consider:

  • Location in a growing market
  • Consider the current interest rate environment
  • Evaluate the condition of the property
  • Research comparable sales in the area
  • Review the tenant mix and lease terms

Generic. No numbers. No verdict. No structure.

With Deal QuickScreen

“Quick screen this deal”

Verdict: KEEP— pursue to due diligence
Cap Rate 5.8%
Price/Unit $187,500
IRR 14.2–17.1%
Hold 5 yr

Assumptions: 90% occ · 7.0% debt · 45% expense ratio

Good AI work shouldn’t depend on who’s asking.

A good skill is narrow enough to run again and again, but valuable enough that consistency matters. Screen this deal. Summarize this lease. Compare these lender terms. Draft this IC memo.

Think of it like handing a new analyst a detailed playbook on day one. Without it, they’re smart but generic. With it, they know exactly how to screen a deal, size a loan, or prep an IC memo.

For teams, that matters because the work becomes easier to see, review, improve, and share. The skill is no longer trapped in one person’s prompting habit; it becomes a reusable capability the firm can build on.

If you’ve used a Custom GPT in ChatGPT, the idea will feel familiar, but a skill is designed to travel. Use the same playbook in Claude or ChatGPT, or any compatible AI tool. Same standards, wherever the work happens.

Every repeatable process can become a skill

The best skills map to real moments in the CRE workflow.

A broker emails you a deal at 6pm

deal-quick-screen

KEEP/KILL verdict with back-of-napkin returns, conservative assumptions flagged, and a diligence checklist. 30 seconds instead of 30 minutes.

Your IC meeting is Thursday

ic-memo-generator

Structures the full investment memo with your deal's numbers, risk factors, market context, and recommendation.

Month-end variance write-up

variance-narrative-generator

Takes a budget-vs-actual report and returns an executive summary, classified variance table (timing, permanent, one-time, trend), per-line ownership-ready paragraphs, and a NOI impact summary.

Browse all 100+ skills →

Install the skill package once

A skill works best as a complete package: instructions, reference files, examples, templates, and any scripts needed for the task. Copying the prompt is only a fallback for tools that do not support skills yet.

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Download and install

Add the full skill package to your AI tool so it can use the instructions, reference files, examples, templates, and scripts the way the skill was designed.

Fallback

Copy the prompt only when needed

If your AI tool does not support skill installation, some simpler skills can still be tested by pasting the prompt into a conversation. That may miss files, scripts, and supporting context.

01

Find the task

Browse the catalog for the CRE job you want help with.

02

Install the package

Download the skill and add it to your AI tool so the full playbook is available when the task comes up.

03

Now find one for your workflow.

Browse 100+ CRE skills organized by deal stage. Pick one, install it, and run it the next time that task comes up.

Browse the catalog

Need skills tuned to your firm’s criteria and workflows? MetaProp Labs builds custom skills →

Red flag: Lease rollover concentration in Year 2

Next: Full underwriting via acquisition-underwriting-engine

Same task. Better instructions. Reusable output.

Run the work

Ask your AI for the task normally. The skill supplies the structure behind the answer.

Claude

Upload zip in Settings → Skills

Get started →

ChatGPT

Install via Skills settings

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Other platforms: Microsoft 365 Copilot doesn’t support direct skill installation for end users — you can paste skill prompts into Copilot Studio to build a custom agent, though results will vary. Google Gemini users can create a custom Gem using the skill prompt and any supporting files.

No developer skills required — designed for real estate professionals. All skills in this catalog are free to download and use.