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How to Use Skills

CloudBase AI Skills are a set of "skill packages" that inject CloudBase professional knowledge into AI. When used with MCP, MCP provides connections and tools, while Skills provide rules and best practices.

Quick start: Copy the AI prompt below and paste it into your AI IDE.

Set up CloudBase for me, following the steps below:
1. Open https://docs.cloudbase.net/skill.md and complete the integration as instructed.
2. Tell me when it's done and suggest the most relevant next step.

Fastest start: Copy the AI Prompt below into your AI IDE.

Help me get set up with CloudBase. Do the following:
1. Open https://docs.cloudbase.net/skill.md and follow the instructions.
2. When done, tell me you're ready and suggest the most relevant next steps.

Install Skills

Install via the Skills Open Specification, which supports Skills-capable tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, and more.

Run the following in the project root:

npx skills add tencentcloudbase/cloudbase-skills

Then select your AI tool as prompted. You can also just tell your AI "install CloudBase Skills".

To install only a single Skill:

npx skills add https://github.com/tencentcloudbase/skills --skill auth-tool

Preview an example online: cloudbase-platform

When GitHub is Unreachable (CNB Mirror)

The short owner/repo form always uses GitHub. If the clone fails, use the full CNB URL:

npx skills add https://cnb.cool/tencent/cloud/cloudbase/cloudbase-skills.git -y

Improve Activation Rate

When Skills are installed individually, whether AI automatically picks them up depends on the model and tool and is not always reliable. For more stable activation, install the CloudBase AI Plugin directly: a single installation gives you MCP, Skills, and Hooks at once.

Using with MCP

We recommend configuring CloudBase MCP as well: MCP handles connecting to the environment and invoking tools, while Skills handle development standards. Using both together works best.


Manual Copy (Optional)

If you cannot use npx skills add, copy the rules or prompts into your project and reference them in conversations with @ / #, for example:

  • Cursor: .cursor/rules/ or @Files
  • Claude Code: CLAUDE.md / AGENT.md
  • GitHub Copilot: #prompts/xxx.md

See the scenarios below for the full list, or visit the CloudBase AI Toolkit repository.


Available Skill Scenarios