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TRAE Skills

TRAE keeps global Skills in ~/.trae/skills/ and project Skills in .trae/skills/, and lists both in Settings > Skills & Commands. 104 ready-made Skills for video, images, web pages and slides.

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~/.trae/skills/
└── ours-device-orbit-ring/
    ├── SKILL.md
    └── …
On Windows the global folder is %userprofile%/.trae/skills. TRAE CN uses ~/.trae-cn/skills/ instead.

Where TRAE looks for Skills

Personal folder
~/.trae/skills/
Project folder
.trae/skills/
Also
.agents/skills/ in the project, once you turn on Enable .agents Skills Directory
Call a Skill
Ask for the result and TRAE picks the Skill, or tell it to use the Skill by name
Check it loaded
Open Settings > Skills & Commands and look under the Global or Project tab
After you add one
The docs don’t say whether TRAE picks up a Skill added by hand without a restart; restart TRAE if it doesn’t show
Format
SKILL.md folders (the Agent Skills format)

From TRAE docs: Skills (opens in a new tab), read 2026-11-05.

Skills to try in TRAE

Each one is a plain SKILL.md folder, the format TRAE reads. Skills that make images or video call FAL with your own key, so your agent needs to be allowed to run terminal commands.

  • FreeVideo

    Device Orbit Ring

    A 6.8-second dark product shot: the camera pulls back from a glowing dial to a handheld device, turns it over and parks it beside your headline.

  • FreeVideo

    Dot Field Modes

    An 11.5-second light demo: a selector steps through six named modes while a field of dots reacts to each one, then your closing line lands.

  • PremiumImage

    Auth0 Style OG Image

    Type-led share cards with huge black lines on pale grey and key words picked out in blue or coral rounded boxes. GPT Image 2 via FAL.

    $4.99 or with Premium

  • PremiumImage

    Ingredient Mechanism Poster

    Builds a cited pathway poster that keeps ingredient context, proposed mechanism, measured endpoint and evidence status apart. It aids research talks without made-up molecular steps or benefits.

    $4.99 or with Premium

  • PremiumWeb pages

    Travel Agency Site

    A one-file site for a small travel or walking company with 30 routes: a mountain-photo hero with one giant word and a glass search bar, filterable journeys, a booking request and a quiz.

    $4.99 or with Premium

  • FreeWeb pages

    Dental Clinic Site

    A 13-page website for a dental practice: photo-led home, a page per service, team, prices and a real booking tool.

  • FreeSlides

    Blockframe Company Deck

    A ten-page company profile in white and deep blue: square photos on offset blocks, big serif titles and a few clear figures, all editable in the browser.

  • FreeSlides

    Contour Playbook Deck

    A nine-page team playbook on ice-blue and navy pages with soft background shapes: routines, handovers, phrases to use and quality checks.

See all 104 Skills

How to add a Skill to TRAE

Get the Skill’s ZIP from its card once downloads open, then:

  1. Unzip the Skill so its folder sits at ~/.trae/skills/<skill>/SKILL.md for every project, or at .trae/skills/<skill>/ in a project.
  2. Open Settings > Skills & Commands and check it is listed under Global or Project. If it isn’t, restart TRAE.
  3. Make sure the Skill is switched on; the same list enables and disables Skills.
  4. Ask for the result, or tell TRAE to use the Skill by name, for example “Use the <skill> skill to …”.

Good to know

  • .trae beats .agents. If a Skill in .trae/skills/ has the same name as one in .agents/skills/, TRAE uses the one in .trae/skills/.
  • .agents/skills/ needs a switch. To use it, go to Settings > Skills & Commands and, under Import Settings, turn on Enable .agents Skills Directory.
  • Uploading in Settings fills in the text. TRAE can take a SKILL.md or a ZIP in Settings and fills in the name, description and instructions; its docs then say to add scripts and other resources to the folder by hand. Unzipping into the folder keeps every file.

TRAE Skills vs rules

Rules load in full as soon as a chat starts and stay in the context window. A Skill loads only when it is used, which TRAE’s docs say cuts token use. A Skill describes how TRAE should do a task; an MCP server provides the tools it calls.

FAQ

TRAE Skills: questions

Where is the TRAE skills folder?

Global Skills go in ~/.trae/skills/ on macOS and Linux, or %userprofile%/.trae/skills on Windows. Project Skills go in .trae/skills/ in the project. Source (opens in a new tab)

Where does TRAE CN keep global Skills?

TRAE CN’s docs give ~/.trae-cn/skills on macOS and Linux and %userprofile%/.trae-cn/skills on Windows. Project Skills stay in .trae/skills/. Source (opens in a new tab)

Does TRAE read .agents/skills/?

Yes, once you turn on Enable .agents Skills Directory under Import Settings in Settings > Skills & Commands. A Skill in .trae/skills/ with the same name wins. Source (opens in a new tab)

How do I make a project Skill global?

In Settings > Skills & Commands, click the gear next to the Skill and choose Apply to Global. Source (opens in a new tab)

Skills for the other agents you use

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