diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1adf73b..4c1437b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ these directives (case-insensitive):
 If it does, the job running this action will fail, thus preventing
 downstream jobs or steps from running. Otherwise, jobs will run as usual.
 
+The directives above are the defaults, but they could be customized
+using `SKIP_DIRECTIVES` (see example below).
+
 Non-pull request event will not be affected. This is because we want the CI
 to run when a PR is merged even though its last commit has a directive to
 skip CI for that PR.
@@ -37,6 +40,17 @@ jobs:
       with:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+  # Example to use custom directives.
+  check_skip_another:
+    name: Skip something else
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Some other thing depends on this check (not shown)
+      uses: pllim/action-skip-ci@main
+      with:
+        SKIP_DIRECTIVES: '[skip other],[other skip]'
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
   # This is placeholder for your real tests.
   tests:
     name: Run tests
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 49d4f57..1d145f6 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ name: 'Check skip CI'
 description: 'Fails job if commit message wants to skip CI.'
 author: 'pllim'
 inputs:
+  SKIP_DIRECTIVES:
+    description: 'Comma separated terms to skip CI'
+    default: '[skip ci],[ci skip],[skip action],[action skip],[skip actions],[actions skip]'
+    required: false
   GITHUB_TOKEN:
     description: 'GitHub access token'
     required: true
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index a5ebbee..a23782b 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -41,11 +41,8 @@ const github = __importStar(__webpack_require__(438));
 function run() {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         try {
-            const accepted_flags = [
-                '[skip ci]', '[ci skip]',
-                '[skip action]', '[action skip]',
-                '[skip actions]', '[actions skip]'
-            ];
+            const accepted_flags_input = core.getInput("SKIP_DIRECTIVES", { required: false });
+            const accepted_flags = accepted_flags_input.split(",");
             const pr = github.context.payload.pull_request;
             if (!pr) {
                 core.info("This action only runs for pull request, exiting with no-op");
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ function run() {
                 core.info(`    ${accepted_flags[i]}`);
             }
             if (accepted_flags.some(v => msg.includes(v))) {
-                core.setFailed(`"${commit.data.message}" contains directive to skip CI, failing this check`);
+                core.setFailed(`"${commit.data.message}" contains directive to skip, failing this check`);
                 /* Instead of failing, can also try to cancel but the token needs write access,
                    so we cannot implement this for OSS in reality. */
                 /*
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@ function run() {
                 */
             }
             else {
-                core.info(`No directive to skip CI found in "${commit.data.message}", moving on...`);
+                core.info(`No directive to skip found in "${commit.data.message}", moving on...`);
             }
         }
         catch (err) {
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 632540f..878ffa9 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ import * as github from "@actions/github";
 
 async function run() {
     try {
-        const accepted_flags:Array<string> = [
-            '[skip ci]', '[ci skip]',
-            '[skip action]', '[action skip]',
-            '[skip actions]', '[actions skip]'];
+        const accepted_flags_input = core.getInput("SKIP_DIRECTIVES", { required: false });
+        const accepted_flags = accepted_flags_input.split(",");
 
         const pr = github.context.payload.pull_request;
         if (!pr) {
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ async function run() {
         }
 
         if (accepted_flags.some(v => msg.includes(v))) {
-            core.setFailed(`"${commit.data.message}" contains directive to skip CI, failing this check`);
+            core.setFailed(`"${commit.data.message}" contains directive to skip, failing this check`);
 
             /* Instead of failing, can also try to cancel but the token needs write access,
                so we cannot implement this for OSS in reality. */
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ async function run() {
             });
             */
         } else {
-            core.info(`No directive to skip CI found in "${commit.data.message}", moving on...`);
+            core.info(`No directive to skip found in "${commit.data.message}", moving on...`);
         }
     } catch(err) {
         core.setFailed(`Action failed with error ${err}`);