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Managing Skills

Create, organize, and maintain your organization's skill library for better matching and goal-setting

MentorStack uses a shared skill library that members select when building their profiles. Members tag skills they can offer as a mentor (strengths) and skills they want to develop (growth areas). These tags power the matching algorithm and goal suggestions.

MentorStack includes a global skill library to start. You can extend it with skills specific to your organization, industry, or program.

Note

Organization-specific skills are available on Starter and above.

Viewing the skill library

Go to Settings → Skills to see all skills available in your organization: global skills (shared across all MentorStack organizations) and your organization's custom skills.

Adding custom skills

  1. Click Add skill
  2. Enter the skill name
  3. Optionally add a category (e.g., "Technical", "Leadership", "Domain Knowledge")
  4. Click Save

The skill is immediately available for members to add to their profiles.

Organizing skills with categories

Categories help members find relevant skills quickly in dropdowns and search. Use broad categories that map to your organization's language — for example:

  • Technical / Engineering
  • Leadership & Management
  • Communication
  • Domain / Industry Knowledge
  • Data & Analytics

Deprecating skills

If a skill becomes outdated or you've replaced it with a more specific one, you can deprecate it:

  1. Find the skill in the list
  2. Click the menu (…) → Deprecate

Deprecated skills:

  • Are hidden from profile skill selectors (members can't add them to new profiles)
  • Remain on existing member profiles — members who already added it keep it
  • Can be restored at any time if you change your mind

Restoring a deprecated skill

In the skill list, filter to Deprecated. Find the skill and click Restore. It becomes available in profile skill selectors again immediately.

Tips for a clean skill library

  • Keep names concise. "Python" not "Python programming language"
  • Avoid duplicates. Search before adding — "Product Management" and "Product Mgmt" will fragment your data
  • Review quarterly. Deprecate skills that no longer match your program's focus
  • Involve participants. Ask mentors what skills they'd want members to be able to search for