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# How to Attach Skills to Learning Content

# How to Attach Skills to Learning Content

**In this article:**
* Overview
* How to attach skills
* Things to keep in mind
* FAQs
* Who can do this

## Overview
Attaching skills to learning is how people build a skills profile automatically. When you add skills to a piece of Library content, a Pathway or an Event, anyone who completes that learning has those skills recorded against them. You attach skills using the **Skills learnt** field in the content, Pathway and Event editors.

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## How to attach skills
1. Open the item you want to add skills to — a piece of **Library** content, a **Pathway**, or an **Event** — in its editor.
2. Find the **Skills learnt** field.
3. Click into the field and search for a skill by name, then select it (choosing the proficiency level if the skill has levels). The skill appears as a tag.
4. Repeat to add as many skills as you need, then save the item as usual.

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> **Tip:** If the skill you need doesn't exist yet, use the **add new skill** button in the field to create it on the spot, then attach it.

To remove a skill, click the small **x** on its tag before saving.

## Things to keep in mind
* Skills are recorded when a learner **completes** the learning — attaching a skill does not backfill it onto people who completed the item earlier.
* The **Skills learnt** field is available on Library content, Pathways and Events. Skills can also be attached to Roadmap competency levels, which is covered in the Roadmaps documentation.
* Attaching a skill with a specific level records that level against the learner on completion.
* Skills synced from your HR system can be attached in exactly the same way. They carry a **plug icon** in the **Skills learnt** field, and their levels use your HR system's own level names rather than SuperPath's four.

## FAQs
**When exactly does the learner get the skill?**
On completion of the learning. See "How Learners Earn Skills" for the full picture.

**Can I attach a skill that has proficiency levels?**
Yes — pick the level you want when you select the skill. That level is what the learner earns on completion.

**The skill I want isn't in the list — what do I do?**
Use the **add new skill** button in the **Skills learnt** field to create it, then attach it.

## Who can do this
Attaching skills is part of editing the learning item, so it follows that item's edit permissions: the roles that can create and edit **Library** content, **Pathways** and **Events** can attach skills to them. Creating a brand-new skill inline additionally requires skill-creation permission, which **Owners**, **Admins**, **Managers**, **Content Managers** and **Instructors** have.