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title: "Skills"
description: "Install Trigger.dev skills to teach any AI coding assistant best practices for writing tasks, agents, and workflows."
sidebarTitle: "Skills"
tag: "new"
---

## What are agent skills?

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.

<Note>
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.
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.
</Note>

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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The result: your AI assistant understands Trigger.dev's specific patterns for exports, schema validation, error handling, retries, and more.


## Available skills

Install all skills at once, or pick the ones relevant to your current work:
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npx skills add triggerdotdev/skills --skill trigger-config
npx skills add triggerdotdev/skills --skill trigger-realtime
npx skills add triggerdotdev/skills --skill trigger-setup
npx skills add triggerdotdev/skills --skill trigger-cost-savings

```

| Skill | Use for | Covers |
|-------|---------|--------|
| `trigger-setup` | First time setup, new projects | SDK install, `npx trigger init`, project structure |
| `trigger-tasks` | Writing background tasks, async workflows, scheduled tasks | Triggering, waits, queues, retries, cron, metadata |
| `trigger-agents` | LLM workflows, orchestration, multi-step AI agents | Prompt chaining, routing, parallelization, human-in-the-loop |
| `trigger-realtime` | Live updates, progress indicators, streaming | React hooks, progress bars, streaming AI responses |
| `trigger-config` | Project setup, build configuration | `trigger.config.ts`, extensions (Prisma, FFmpeg, Playwright) |
| Skill | Use for | Covers |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `trigger-setup` | First time setup, new projects | SDK install, `npx trigger init`, project structure |
| `trigger-tasks` | Writing background tasks, async workflows, scheduled tasks | Triggering, waits, queues, retries, cron, metadata |
| `trigger-agents` | LLM workflows, orchestration, multi-step AI agents | Prompt chaining, routing, parallelization, human-in-the-loop |
| `trigger-realtime` | Live updates, progress indicators, streaming | React hooks, progress bars, streaming AI responses |
| `trigger-config` | Project setup, build configuration | `trigger.config.ts`, extensions (Prisma, FFmpeg, Playwright) |
| `trigger-cost-savings` | Cost savings, performance optimization, resource management | Cost optimization, performance optimization, resource management |

Not sure which skill to install? Install `trigger-tasks`; it covers the most common patterns for writing Trigger.dev tasks.


## Supported AI assistants

Skills work with any AI coding assistant that supports the [Agent Skills standard](https://agentskills.io), including:
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<Card title="skills.sh" icon="box" href="https://skills.sh">
Browse the full Agent Skills ecosystem.
</Card>
</CardGroup>
</CardGroup>
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