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Trae Skills

Q: Does Trae support skills?

Yes. Trae and Trae CN read SKILL.md folders from .trae/skills/ in a project and from ~/.trae/skills/ (Trae CN: ~/.trae-cn/skills/) globally. Trae can also read .agents/skills/ once you turn that on in settings.

Agent Skills for Trae and Trae CN. Put a SKILL.md folder in .trae/skills/, or upload one in Settings › Skills & Commands, and Trae’s agent loads it when your request matches.

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src/index.htmlstyles.css.trae/skills/

Design a product landing page

● Using skillbs-meridian-marketing-landingTrae is using the skill · preview ready

Where the Skill lives

~/.trae/skills/
bs-meridian-marketing-landing/
SKILL.md
assets/
scripts/

Using Trae CN? The global folder is ~/.trae-cn/skills/ instead.

Popular Trae skills

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

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Orbit Startup Landing

Quick answer

Does Trae support Agent Skills?

Yes. Trae reads Agent Skills in the SKILL.md format from .trae/skills/ inside a project and ~/.trae/skills/ globally; Trae CN uses ~/.trae-cn/skills/. The agent, in the IDE and the Agent window, loads a Skill when your request matches its description.

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

Skills for Trae’s Agent window

The agent plans and builds on its own. A Skill gives it a proven design to build from.

Quartz SaaS Landing

Sites the agent can ship

Landing pages and portfolios as one HTML file, ready to preview in Trae.

Sky Glass DeckFree

Decks from a brief

Workshop and pitch decks with PPTX export.

Manus 2.0 Style Launch Video

Trae and Trae CN

The same Skill folder works in both editions; only the global path differs.

How to install skills in Trae

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 Trae. 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 Trae 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 ~/.trae/skills/.
3Restart Trae so it picks up the new Skill.

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

Upload in Trae

Also works

Trae can also take a Skill from its settings.

1Open Settings › Skills & Commands.
2Upload the Skill ZIP or its SKILL.md.
3Ask Trae for the job in a new chat.

Trae skills vs rules

They do different jobs, and most people use both.

RulesA Skill (SKILL.md)

What it holdsRules: Project rules in .trae/rules/, global rules in ~/.trae/user_rulesOne repeatable job: a deck, a site, a video

When it loadsRules: Every chatOnly when your request matches

Context costRules: Always in the promptA one-line description until used

ShareableRules: Tied to one project or your user settingsWorks in any project and in 30 other agents

Trae skills FAQ

Does Trae support skills?

Yes. Trae and Trae CN read SKILL.md folders from .trae/skills/ in a project and from ~/.trae/skills/ (Trae CN: ~/.trae-cn/skills/) globally. Trae can also read .agents/skills/ once you turn that on in settings.

Can I upload a skill in Trae settings?

Yes. Open Settings › Skills & Commands and upload a SKILL.md or a ZIP. You can also create a skill from chat or install one from the Marketplace in the Agent window.