# AI skill > A structured AI pass that reads your document and proposes edits or findings in place — dialogue polish, continuity flags, coverage — as reviewable markup you accept or reject. Also known as skill pass, AI pass ## In practice An AI skill is a deliberate pass over structured scenes and lines, not a chat window that demotes your draft to paste. It returns reviewable markup or findings in place so you retain editorial control over what enters the draft. You choose when a pass runs at all — silence remains a valid drafting choice every day. Craft skills like Dialogue and Save lines propose edits you must accept before anything lands. Analysis-first skills like Continuity, Coverage, and Tone surface evidence and notes without silently rewriting pages. That split matters in practice: polish tools suggest lines; diagnosis tools cite problems for you to fix. Hosted skill passes work without BYOK. If you connect your own key, it can route chat, ghost-text completion, and skills through your provider account with encrypted key storage. Either way, unaccepted suggestions never become the draft you ship to a room or a buyer. [Browse AI skills](https://www.inkwell.software/skills) ## Common questions ### How is a skill different from ChatGPT in another tab? A general chat tool returns paragraphs you must re-enter. A skill proposes changes inside the draft, scoped to screenplay structure, with accept or reject on each suggestion. ### Will skills write a whole screenplay from a prompt? No. Inkwell skills are built for craft and continuity on a script you already wrote — not autonomous script generation from a blank page. ### Do skill edits apply automatically? No. Every proposal stays reviewable until you accept it. Analysis-first skills such as Continuity and Coverage emphasize findings over silent rewrites. ### Can I turn AI off entirely? Yes. Do not launch skills and do not connect a key — Plot remains a full structured screenplay editor with version control either way. ## Related terms - [Dialogue pass](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/dialogue-pass): A skill that proposes line-level dialogue improvements — tightening, rhythm, voice consistency — as inline markup you accept or reject one line at a time. - [Continuity check](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/continuity-check): A skill that reads your scenes and flags continuity problems — vanishing props, unexplained costume changes, location contradictions — as findings you accept or dismiss. - [Coverage](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/coverage): A professional reader’s report on a script — logline, synopsis, comments, and a verdict such as Pass / Consider / Recommend. Inkwell’s Script Coverage skill produces a structured self-review in that industry shape. - [BYOK](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/byok): Bring Your Own Key — connect your AI provider API key so chat, ghost-text completion, and skill passes run on your account, with usage you can see in that provider’s dashboard. - [Read the pillar guide](https://www.inkwell.software/learn/ai-skills-for-writers): A longer guide for this workflow --- Canonical page: