# Managing Your Drive with AI

> Markdown variant of <https://www.skillzdrive.com/docs/guides/managing-drive>.

Let your agent organize skills, create collections, and manage your
entire drive through natural conversation.

## Overview

Every action available in the dashboard is also exposed as an MCP
tool. Your agent can create collections, add or remove skills,
upload new skills, browse the marketplace, and export bundles —
all without you touching the web interface.

These tools let your agent self-organize its skill library. It can
create project-specific collections, import skills it discovers,
and clean up what it no longer needs — all within a single
conversation.

## Real-world examples

### Save a skill you built

> "I just created a skill on Claude.ai for generating SQL queries. Upload it to my SkillzDrive so I can use it from Cursor and share it with my team."
> Agent: downloads upload script → uploads your `.skill.zip` → skill is now in your drive and accessible from any connected client.

### Find a skill for something you need done

> "I need to convert a CSV file to a formatted PDF report. Is there a skill for that?"
> Agent: searches marketplace → finds matching skills → imports to your drive → runs it on your file → done.

### Replace a skill with a better version

> "I improved my code-review skill. Replace the old version in my drive with this updated one."
> Agent: uploads new version → replaces existing skill → all your clients and team members see the update immediately.

### Organize skills for a project

> "Create a collection called 'data-pipeline' with just my ETL, validation, and reporting skills. I want a clean API key that only exposes those three."
> Agent: creates collection → adds skills → returns a scoped API key that only sees those skills.

## Collections (MCP tools)

Collections let you group skills into subsets. Your agent can
create a collection, seed it with skills from your drive, and later
add, remove, or rename it.

| Action | Tool |
|--------|------|
| Create a collection (optionally with initial skills) | `skills_createCollection` |
| Add a skill to a collection | `skills_addToCollection` |
| Remove a skill from a collection | `skills_removeFromCollection` |
| Rename a collection | `skills_updateCollection` |

You can only add skills to a collection if they are already in your
drive. Use `skills_importToDrive` first to add marketplace skills.

## Drive management (MCP tools)

| Action | Tool |
|--------|------|
| Remove a skill from your drive entirely | `skills_removeFromDrive` |
| Toggle a skill on or off (keeps it in your drive) | `skills_toggleDriveSkill` |

**Toggle** disables a skill temporarily — it stays in your drive
but won't appear in tool listings. **Remove** deletes it from your
drive entirely. Use toggle when you want to keep a skill for later.

## Uploading skills

Your agent can upload new skills from local files using the
built-in `upload-to-skillzdrive` skill. It fetches the upload
script, runs it locally with your file, and the skill is created
and added to your drive automatically.

## Download & export

Your agent can export skills as downloadable bundles using
`skills_downloadSkills`. Three scopes are supported:

| Scope | What it exports |
|-------|-----------------|
| `drive` | All skills in your drive |
| `collection` | All skills in a specific collection |
| `skill` | A single skill |

## Local vs cloud execution

Some skills are designed to run on your machine instead of in a
cloud sandbox. Your agent uses `skills_getScript` to download the
script, then executes it locally.

|  | Local execution | Cloud execution |
|---|----------------|-----------------|
| Cost | Free (no credits) | Credits per execution |
| Filesystem | Full local access | Isolated sandbox only |
| Safety | Runs on your machine | Isolated, destroyed after use |
| Best for | File uploads, local tools | Complex processing, untrusted code |

## Teams and shares

Your MCP tool listings include skills from your personal drive, any
active team drives you belong to, and skills shared directly with
you. Team and sharing management is done via the web dashboard.

## Next steps

- [Discovering skills](https://www.skillzdrive.com/docs/guides/discovering-skills.md): search, browse, and understand the skill library.
- [MCP tools reference](https://www.skillzdrive.com/docs/reference/tools.md).