Skill and plugin sharing in CoCo (Public Preview)

PreviewJul 24, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Skill and plugin sharing is now available in public preview. Share, discover, and govern CoCo skills and plugins across your Snowflake account. Publish them as Cortex Extension objects that teammates can find and install, with administrator certification, access control, and usage telemetry. For more information, see Share skills and plugins .

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Read Snowflake's release notes

https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/2026/other/2026-07-24-skill-plugin-sharing-preview

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