Plugins · Connectors · Skills
What a DoDone employee can do expands in three ways — plugins (tools), connectors (external services), and skills (know-how). Understanding the difference makes it easy to decide what to turn on.
| Type | One-line definition | Where to manage | How to call in chat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plugin | Built-in tools an employee uses (docs, images, video, automation…) | Menu > Plugins | $plugin (e.g. $image) |
| Connector | Connections to external services like Gmail or Notion (MCP) | Menu > Connectors | $connectorName |
| Skill | A procedure / know-how for doing a task well | Menu > Skills | /skillName |
Shared rule: in the chat box,
$calls plugins/connectors and/calls skills. Even without specifying, the AI picks the right one from your instruction. Using$//always takes priority.
Plugins — the tools employees use
Plugins give employees the ability to produce a specific output or perform a specific action. Turn them on/off in Menu > Plugins. The most common ones are on by default.
Documents & outputs (on by default)
- Word / Excel / PowerPoint — reports (docx), spreadsheets (xlsx), decks (pptx)
- Sites — a complete website / landing page / web app as a single HTML file, with [Run & view]
- HTML Slides — a full-screen slideshow you page through with the keyboard (pick a theme with
$html-slide) - Image — generate logos, banners, illustrations (
$image) - Script Automation — employees write and run API/monitoring scripts themselves (built-in runtime, nothing to install)
Optional
- Computer Use (off by default) — operate the computer by seeing the screen and clicking/typing (macOS needs Screen Recording & Accessibility permissions)
- Remotion — render a scene composition (JSON) into an actual MP4 video
- Music / TTS — generate BGM, songs, and speech via Gemini
- Playwright — read web pages and take screenshots (browser automation)
- Gmail · Google Calendar · Google Drive · Notion · Slack · Mac Calendar — read/write each service (connection required)
Usage: when enabled, a plugin is used automatically when it fits the instruction; specifying
$pluginforces that path with no guessing. e.g.$image make a fall menu promo banner.
Connectors — external services (MCP)
Connectors link external services to your employees using the MCP (Model Context Protocol) standard. In Menu > Connectors, add a service's MCP URL (authenticate if needed) and use it in chat as $serviceName.
- What they can do: employees use whatever tools the connected service exposes. e.g. Zapier for Gmail/Drive/Calendar at once, Notion for page search/creation, Higgsfield for image/video generation, GitHub, Linear, and more.
- How to add: paste the MCP URL the service provides. For OAuth services, log in with the [Authenticate] button; for token-based ones, put the token in the header.
- Difference from the Gmail/Notion plugins: plugins are pre-built integrations bundled by DoDone; connectors are an extension path to link any MCP service you want.
A connector grants real access to that service, so only connect trusted, official MCP servers.
Skills — how to do things well (know-how)
A skill is not a tool like "generate an image" — it's a way of working, like "the procedure and quality bar for writing a good blog post." Manage them in Menu > Skills.
- 100+ built-in skills — toggle on/off, edit conversationally, upload files as reference.
- Trigger mode (global) — Auto: the AI matches a fitting skill to your instruction / Manual: only when you specify
/skill. - Multi-skill pipeline — chain skills as steps, e.g. research → report → documentation.
- Create skills — make or improve skills with
/skill-creatorin the master chat. - Self-learning — employees accumulate skills/memories per task and improve automatically from 👎 feedback. The sleep capsule reorganizes them based on work history.
For detailed skill usage and multilingual notes, see Skills · Multilingual Use.
Which one when — quick guide
- "I want to produce this output (doc/image/video/site)" → Plugin
- "I want employees to work with my Gmail/Notion/another SaaS" → Connector (or the built-in Gmail-style plugins)
- "I want a task done at consistent quality every time" → Skill