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Skills

Skills are a mechanism in Qoder IDE for packaging domain expertise into reusable capabilities. Each Skill contains a SKILL.md file that defines the skill's description, instructions, and optional auxiliary files. Skills work identically in both Qoder IDE and CLI. Key features:
  • Intelligent invocation: The model autonomously decides when to use a Skill based on user requests and descriptions
  • Modular design: Each Skill focuses on solving a specific type of task
  • Flexible extension: Supports both user-level and project-level custom Skills

Use Cases

When to use Skills:
  • Complex specialized tasks: Workflows requiring domain expertise (code review, PDF processing, API design)
  • Standardized processes: Tasks following fixed steps (commit conventions, deployment flows)
  • Team knowledge sharing: Package best practices for team use
  • Repetitive work: Frequently executed tasks requiring specialized guidance

Built-in Skills

In the IDE chat, type / to run bundled helpers (examples):
NamePurpose
/create-skillScaffold a new Skill with guidance
/create-subagentScaffold a custom sub-agent
/canvasCreate or edit .canvas.tsx visual artifacts in the Canvas preview

How to Use

There are two triggering methods:
  1. Automatic Trigger: Describe your need directly, and the model will automatically determine whether to use an appropriate Skill: 
    Analyze the errors in this log file
    The model will automatically recognize and invoke the log-analyzer Skill.
  2. Manual Trigger: Use /skill-name to trigger manually: 
    /log-analyzer

Creating Skills

You can create or obtain custom Skills in three ways:

1. Auto-create with Built-in Skill

create-skill is Qoder IDE's built-in skill creation assistant. It guides you step-by-step through an interactive dialogue to create SKILL.md files that conform to specifications. Usage: 
/create-skill <Skill description, e.g., convert Word documents to PDF>
If you're unfamiliar with the SKILL.md file format, we recommend using /create-skill first to generate an initial template, then adjust and optimize it based on your actual needs.
Use case: Quickly create custom skills without needing to understand the detailed skill file format.

2. Install via Skills CLI

Use the skills CLI to install third-party Skills from the skills.sh marketplace or GitHub with one command. Execute the following commands in the Qoder IDE terminal: 
# Install from skills.sh marketplace
npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-browser -a qoder

# Install specific skill from GitHub repository
npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/skills --skill skill-creator -a qoder
See skills CLI documentation for more usage patterns.
Use case: Install mature, community-shared skills for ready-to-use functionality.

3. Create Manually

If you want to fully customize a skill, you can manually create a SKILL.md file and place it in the specified directory. Steps:
  1. Create the skill directory and SKILL.md file
  2. Place the file in one of the following paths:
LocationPathScope
User-level~/.qoder/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.mdAll projects for current user
Project-level.qoder/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.mdCurrent project only
  1. Restart Qoder IDE and type / in the dialog to view the loaded Skills list
Note: When a skill with the same name exists at both user-level and project-level, the project-level skill takes priority.
Use case: Need to fully customize skill content or directly import existing skill files.

Example Scenarios

Log Analysis

Create a log-analyzer Skill that automatically activates when you say "analyze this log", helping identify errors, performance issues, and anomaly patterns.

API Documentation Generation

Create an api-doc-generator Skill that automatically identifies API endpoints and generates standard documentation and OpenAPI specs.

Code Review

Create a code-reviewer Skill that automatically reviews code according to team standards, checking for potential issues and best practices.

Full Documentation

For the complete guide on Skills, including how to create them, write SKILL.md files, best practices, and troubleshooting, see Skills Full Documentation.