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Skills for Kilo Code

159,000+ SKILL.md files you can use with Kilo Code — the open-source VS Code AI agent. Drop a skill's guidance into Kilo Code's .kilocode/rules/ folder and it loads as standing project context. Free to browse. Pro unlocks the multi-signal Quality Score.

cp <skill>/SKILL.md .kilocode/rules/<slug>.md
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What is Kilo Code?

Kilo Code is an open-source AI coding agent for VS Code that brings together planning, multi-file edits, command execution, and MCP support (it builds on ideas from Cline and Roo Code). It reads project instructions from a .kilocode/rules/ directory — which is where a SKILL.md's guidance lives once adapted.

How to install a skill on Kilo Code

Compatibility notes

Kilo Code consumes plain-markdown rules, not SKILL.md frontmatter — so a skill's body ports directly while the YAML header is ignored. A few patterns to watch:

Kilo Code skills, answered

What is Kilo Code?
Kilo Code is an open-source AI coding agent for VS Code with planning, multi-file edits, command execution, and MCP support, building on Cline and Roo Code. See kilocode.ai.
Does Kilo Code support SKILL.md natively?
Kilo Code doesn't have a dedicated SKILL.md loader like Claude Code's ~/.claude/skills/. It reads markdown rules from .kilocode/rules/, so you adapt a SKILL.md into that folder. The body ports directly; the frontmatter is ignored.
Where do Kilo Code rules live?
Per-project: a .kilocode/rules/ directory at the workspace root (confirm the current path in the Kilo Code docs). The format follows the same markdown-rules pattern as Cline and Roo Code.