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This pull request overhauls the "Building with AI" documentation section. It includes a comprehensive restructuring of the main building-with-ai page with new setup guides and troubleshooting sections, reorganizes the navigation hierarchy to elevate mcp-agent-rules as a top-level page, and updates multiple documentation pages to clarify the relationships between three AI tools: Skills, Agent Rules, and MCP Server. Changes also include formatting improvements, such as replacing italicized text with inline code formatting, and consistent additions of explanatory Note blocks and CardGroup components across related pages.
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title: "Skills"
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description: "Install Trigger.dev skills to teach any AI coding assistant best practices for writing tasks, agents, and workflows."
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sidebarTitle: "Skills"
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tag: "new"
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---
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## What are agent skills?
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Skills are portable instruction sets that teach AI coding assistants how to use Trigger.dev effectively. Unlike vendor-specific config files (`.cursor/rules`, `CLAUDE.md`), skills use an open standard that works across all major AI assistants. For example, Cursor users and Claude Code users can get the same knowledge from a single install.
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<Note>
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Skills are one of three AI tools we provide. You can also install [Agent Rules](/mcp-agent-rules) for client-specific rule sets or the [MCP Server](/mcp-introduction) for live project interaction. See the [comparison table](/building-with-ai#skills-vs-agent-rules-vs-mcp) for details.
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</Note>
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Skills are installed as directories containing a `SKILL.md` file. Each `SKILL.md` includes YAML frontmatter (name, description) and markdown instructions with patterns, examples, and best practices that AI assistants automatically discover and follow.
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## Installation
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When you run `npx skills add triggerdotdev/skills`, the CLI detects your installed AI tools and copies the appropriate files to each tool's expected location. For example, `.claude/skills/`, `.cursor/skills/`, `.github/skills/`, etc.
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```bash
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npx skills add triggerdotdev/skills
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```
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<Note>`skills` is an open-source CLI by Vercel. Learn more at [skills.sh](https://skills.sh).</Note>
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The result: your AI assistant understands Trigger.dev's specific patterns for exports, schema validation, error handling, retries, and more.
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## Available skills
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Install all skills at once, or pick the ones relevant to your current work:
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```bash
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# Install all Trigger.dev skills
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npx skills add triggerdotdev/skills
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# Or install individual skills
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npx skills add triggerdotdev/skills --skill trigger-tasks
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npx skills add triggerdotdev/skills --skill trigger-agents
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npx skills add triggerdotdev/skills --skill trigger-config
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npx skills add triggerdotdev/skills --skill trigger-realtime
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npx skills add triggerdotdev/skills --skill trigger-setup
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```
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| Skill | Use for | Covers |
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|-------|---------|--------|
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| `trigger-setup` | First time setup, new projects | SDK install, `npx trigger init`, project structure |
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| `trigger-tasks` | Writing background tasks, async workflows, scheduled tasks | Triggering, waits, queues, retries, cron, metadata |
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| `trigger-agents` | LLM workflows, orchestration, multi-step AI agents | Prompt chaining, routing, parallelization, human-in-the-loop |
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| `trigger-realtime` | Live updates, progress indicators, streaming | React hooks, progress bars, streaming AI responses |
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| `trigger-config` | Project setup, build configuration | `trigger.config.ts`, extensions (Prisma, FFmpeg, Playwright) |
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Not sure which skill to install? Install `trigger-tasks`; it covers the most common patterns for writing Trigger.dev tasks.
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## Supported AI assistants
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Skills work with any AI coding assistant that supports the [Agent Skills standard](https://agentskills.io), including:
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- [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code)
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- [Cursor](https://cursor.com)
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- [Windsurf](https://codeium.com/windsurf)
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- [GitHub Copilot](https://github.com/features/copilot)
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- [Cline](https://github.com/cline/cline)
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- [Codex CLI](https://github.com/openai/codex)
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- [Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli)
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- [OpenCode](https://opencode.ai)
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- [View all →](https://skills.sh)
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## Next steps
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<CardGroup cols={2}>
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<Card title="Agent Rules" icon="scroll" href="/mcp-agent-rules">
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Install comprehensive rule sets directly into your AI client.
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</Card>
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<Card title="MCP Server" icon="sparkles" href="/mcp-introduction">
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Give your AI assistant direct access to Trigger.dev tools and APIs.
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</Card>
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<Card title="Writing tasks" icon="code" href="/tasks/overview">
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Learn the task patterns that skills teach your AI assistant.
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</Card>
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<Card title="skills.sh" icon="box" href="https://skills.sh">
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Browse the full Agent Skills ecosystem.
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</Card>
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</CardGroup> |