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Rovo lets teams teach repeatable work as custom skills in ordinary language
Focus: Agents for Non-Technical People
Date: September 17, 2026
Topics: Agent Skills, reusable workflows, Rovo, team context, no-code agents
Evidence: Official Announcement
Availability: Rolling Out
Summary: Atlassian added visible memory controls, @mentionable agents, shareable chats, and custom skills to Rovo Chat. Users can describe a repeated process in natural language and have Rovo ask clarifying questions, build the skill, and let teams refine it in Chat or Rovo Studio; custom skills are rolling out across instances over the coming week.
Why it matters: This turns reusable agent procedures from a developer packaging concept into a team operating practice. A process owner can codify how work should be done, keep it accessible to colleagues, and combine it with shared conversational context without writing code.
What to do now
Turn one repeated team process into a reviewed skill: Choose a recurring workflow with a clear owner, encode the steps and output standard, test edge cases, assign review responsibility, and revise the skill from real usage rather than treating the first draft as policy.
Source: New in Rovo Chat: Where context shapes your work