You have to train them up, and it's hard, much harder than with spies or diplomats. Take out Rebel captains and buildings (temples especially) in badly guarded enemy cities (or even neutral cities if you don't mind risking war)...stuff that you have a good chance with to get their skill up. Pair them up with a spy and send in the spy first, if the spy can't get in, go somewhere else. You'll need the recon for the buildings.
I have an assasin now with 9 "eyes" and a courtesan retinue who takes out a Pontic family member every turn. It makes their stacks in the field a lot easier to take out without their General unit.
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