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Skill Levels

Also available in workflows

This specialist runs in chat and as a node you can add to a workflow for repeatable, scheduled runs. See the Agent Catalog for how the two relate.

Overview​

The Skill Levels specialist turns a skill into a progressive proficiency framework. For each level it describes the knowledge someone needs and the abilities they can demonstrate, with each level showing a clear step up in depth, independence, and responsibility.

It's built for workforce development and learning and development (L&D) teams who need consistent, measurable proficiency definitions — the kind you can benchmark people against, tie training to, or hand to a manager for a capability conversation. It's especially strong for technical and safety-critical work, where levels need to reflect real standards and autonomy.

Reach for it when you're defining what "good" looks like at each stage of a skill, standardizing proficiency across teams, or setting the benchmarks that skill-gap analysis and assessments measure against.

What you'll need​

  • The skill or skills to define, each with a short description of what it covers. You can request several skills in one go.
  • How many levels you want. You choose the scale — a simple 1–3, a broader 1–6, or another number that fits your framework. If you don't say, the specialist picks a sensible scale and explains why.
  • Industry context (optional). The sector, operating environment, and any relevant standards or regulations, so the levels reflect real practice.
  • Reference material (optional). Certification requirements or standard operating procedures you want the levels to align with — see Add context.

If you don't say which skills to cover, the specialist asks for the list rather than inventing skills.

How to ask​

A single skill with its context:

Generate proficiency levels for "Predictive Maintenance" in manufacturing.
Include vibration analysis, thermography, and oil analysis.

Several skills at once, on a chosen scale:

Create a 1–6 proficiency framework for these skills in an industrial
automation setting: SCADA Systems, PLC Programming, Industrial Networking.

A safety-critical skill aligned to a standard:

Develop competency levels for "Process Safety Management" in downstream oil
and gas, aligned to relevant industry standards.

What you get​

Ellie replies with its reasoning — why it chose that number of levels and how the progression is structured — followed by the framework as a structured data output.

The framework has one row per skill and level, with four columns: the skill title, the proficiency level, the knowledge expected at that level, and the abilities someone can demonstrate. Knowledge runs to a full paragraph and abilities to a shorter one, so each level is specific rather than a one-line label. Preview it, save it to your workspace, or download it as a spreadsheet — see Read, export & sync results.

Tips​

  • Choose the level scale that matches your existing framework — you're not limited to three levels.
  • Give industry, environment, and standards so the levels are concrete rather than generic.
  • Include the tools, equipment, or methodologies involved so they show up at the right level.
  • For many skills, work in batches so each framework stays focused and easy to review.
  • The levels pair naturally with Competency Builder skills and with Skills Gap Analysis benchmarks.