WorkshopSkill activity folders

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Workshop skills in Trae

Trae's agent works from project rules and a real file system — which is all a WorkshopSkill bundle asks for: keep the folder in the project, add one rule that points at it, let the agent run the printed commands.

Install into the project

Trae's rules live in .trae/rules/project_rules.md; keep bundles under skills/ so paper and instructions stay together:

fetch a bundle

cd my-training-workspace && mkdir -p skills && cd skills curl -LO https://workshopskill.com/en/activities/common-ground/files/common-ground.zip unzip common-ground.zip # -> common-ground/SKILL.md + printables + manifest

One rule for the whole drawer

Rules are always-on context, so keep it a pointer, not a copy:

.trae/rules/project_rules.md (section)

## Workshop prep Skills live in ./skills/<name>/ (Agent Skills format, from https://workshopskill.com). On a prep request: match the brief against each SKILL.md metadata (category, group_size, duration_minutes, setting), read only the winner, run its curl steps as printed, and ask before any formlm-cli login step.

First run

Brief it like a colleague: icebreaker, 16 people, 15 minutes, nobody knows each other. Trae reads common-ground's SKILL.md, fetches the prop cards, scales the scoring engine to four groups, and warns you the activity eats its full 15 only when the verification round is enforced — a fact lifted straight from the run sheet.

Troubleshooting

  • Rules ignored? Check the file is project_rules.md under .trae/rules/, and that you are inside the project folder when chatting.
  • Agent re-reads every skill? The rule says match-then-read-one; if it still scans all, narrow the rule to your active categories.
  • Chinese interface? Use the zh bundles — descriptions and instructions are localized, filenames in Chinese.

keep going

Cline walkthroughSimilar pointer-rule pattern, .clinerules. The skills, end to endDiscover, install, run — the workflow page. Cursor walkthroughPer-skill .mdc rules with activation.

questions

Does Trae have a native skills loader?

Not as of writing — the rules-plus-folder pattern above is the faithful equivalent: description matching lives in the rule, knowledge lives in the SKILL.md.

Can Trae print the prop cards for me?

It can open and copy the PDFs; printing is your side of the paper boundary — humans print, agents parse.

Update story?

Swap the directory for a fresh zip; metadata.updated gives the current version and manifest.json lists per-file hashes.