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Cline Skills

Q: Does Cline support skills?

Yes. Cline reads Agent Skills from .cline/skills/ in a project and ~/.cline/skills/ globally, and also from .clinerules/skills/ and .claude/skills/.

Q: Cline skills vs rules: what is the difference?

Rules in .clinerules/ are instructions Cline follows on every task. A skill is a packaged job with templates and scripts that loads only when the task needs it.

Agent Skills for Cline in VS Code and JetBrains. Put a SKILL.md folder in .cline/skills/ or ~/.cline/skills/ and Cline loads it when a task matches.

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Where the Skill lives

~/.cline/skills/
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SKILL.md
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scripts/

Use ~/.cline/skills/ for every project, or .cline/skills/ inside one.

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Every Skill below drops into .cline/skills/ unchanged.

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Quick answer

Cline skills vs rules vs workflows

Cline rules in .clinerules/ apply automatically unless scoped to certain paths. Workflows are saved step lists in .cline/workflows/. Skills are SKILL.md folders that Cline loads on its own when a task matches. Cline reads Skills from .cline/skills/ (or .clinerules/skills/ and .claude/skills/) in a project and ~/.cline/skills/ globally.

Global folder: ~/.cline/skills/
Project folder: .cline/skills/
File format: SKILL.md (Agent Skills standard)
Loads automatically: Yes, by description
Install with Skillry: Paste the install prompt into Cline
Official docs: docs.cline.bot

When to use a Cline skill instead of a workflow

Workflows repeat steps. Skills bring the template and assets with them.

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Picked automatically

Cline chooses the Skill from your request, no slash command.

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Carries assets

Layouts, fonts and scripts live inside the Skill folder.

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Shared across agents

The same folder works in Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.

How to install skills in Cline

Every Skillry Skill is a plain SKILL.md folder. Pick whichever way fits how you work.

Copy the install prompt

Recommended

Paste one sentence into Cline. It reads the install guide and puts the Skill in the right folder itself.

1Open any Skill on Skillry and click Copy install prompt.
2Paste it into Cline and send.
3Approve the sign-in in your browser if asked, then ask for what you need.

Download ZIP

No Node.js needed. Unzip the Skill into the folder yourself.

1Click Download ZIP on any Skill page.
2Unzip it so the folder sits in ~/.cline/skills/.
3Restart Cline so it picks up the new Skill.

~/.cline/skills/<skill>/SKILL.md

Upload in the app

Not in Cline

For agents with an upload button, such as Claude Cowork, Manus or Perplexity Computer.

1Download the Skill ZIP.
2Open the agent’s Skills settings.
3Upload the ZIP and turn the Skill on.

Cline skills vs .clinerules

They do different jobs, and most people use both.

.clinerulesA Skill (SKILL.md)

What it holds.clinerules: Project rules Cline followsOne repeatable job: a deck, a site, a video

When it loads.clinerules: Automatically, or for matching pathsOnly when your request matches

Context cost.clinerules: Always in the promptA one-line description until used

Shareable.clinerules: Tied to one projectWorks in any project and in 30 other agents

Cline skills FAQ

Does Cline support skills?

Yes. Cline reads Agent Skills from .cline/skills/ in a project and ~/.cline/skills/ globally, and also from .clinerules/skills/ and .claude/skills/.

Cline skills vs rules: what is the difference?

Rules in .clinerules/ are instructions Cline follows on every task. A skill is a packaged job with templates and scripts that loads only when the task needs it.

Cline skills vs workflows: which should I use?

Use a workflow to replay a fixed list of steps. Use a skill when the job needs its own templates or assets, or when you want Cline to pick it without being asked.