5 Smartling Agent Skills for Claude Code & Cursor (SKILL.md)

All 5 Smartling skills

Each skill is one job. You ask in plain words and the agent loads the skill that matches, then follows its steps.

Start hereAsks before writing22 Smartling tools

Use Smartling from your AI assistant

A practical guide to using the Smartling connector: confirm the account and project first, find jobs, glossaries and issues without flooding the chat, and get your approval before any translation work changes.

Use it when

You are connecting Smartling to ChatGPT or Claude for the first time.
You have several Smartling accounts and need to be sure which one to query.
You want to look up translation jobs or issues without accidentally changing anything.

Tools it uses

smartling_get_available_accounts_for_current_user
smartling_get_project
smartling_get_job
smartling_get_job_history
smartling_get_glossary
smartling_export_glossary
smartling_get_linguistic_package
smartling_get_issue
smartling_get_issue_comment
smartling_execute_lqa_evaluation
smartling_count_project_issues
smartling_count_account_issues
smartling_create_job
smartling_add_strings_to_job
smartling_authorize_job
smartling_create_strings
smartling_add_tags_to_strings
smartling_create_issue
smartling_add_issue_comment
smartling_edit_issue_text
smartling_delete_issue_assignee
smartling_delete_issue_comment

Example

Which Smartling account am I working in, and how many open issues does the Marketing project have?

You have access to two accounts: Acme Global and Acme EU. Which one should I use? Once you confirm, I'll count open issues for the Marketing project first, then list the newest 10. Nothing will change in Smartling without your approval.

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Asks before writing7 Smartling tools

Check glossary consistency in Smartling

Compares your Smartling glossary against source strings or a draft translation to find missing, inconsistent or wrongly rendered terms, and proposes fixes. It only proposes changes and asks before writing anything.

Use it when

A translation may not be using the approved product terms
You want to know which glossary terms are missing from a draft
Terminology looks inconsistent across a set of strings

Tools it uses

smartling_get_available_accounts_for_current_user
smartling_get_project
smartling_get_glossary
smartling_export_glossary
smartling_get_job
smartling_get_job_history
smartling_add_strings_to_job

Example

Check the draft French translation of the onboarding strings against our Smartling glossary and tell me which terms are wrong or missing.

I found 14 findings across 120 strings in the onboarding project. 9 are wrong renderings of 'workspace', 3 are missing glossary terms, and 2 are do-not-translate terms that were translated. I also found one glossary defect: 'dashboard' has two conflicting targets. Nothing has been changed; I can list the suggested replacements for your approval.

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Triage open Smartling translation jobs with AI

Reviews open translation jobs and issues to find what is stuck, overdue or blocked, and sorts them into what needs a decision today. It only reads and never changes a job without asking first.

Use it when

A release is close and you need to know which translations are at risk
You want a weekly review of open jobs and their issues
Someone asks why a localisation job has not moved

Tools it uses

smartling_get_available_accounts_for_current_user
smartling_get_project
smartling_get_job
smartling_get_job_history
smartling_count_project_issues
smartling_count_account_issues
smartling_find_project_issues
smartling_find_account_issues
smartling_get_issue
smartling_get_issue_comment

Example

Which of our open Smartling jobs are at risk this week, and what is blocking them?

Three jobs need a decision today. The German job is due Thursday and has been waiting on authorisation since Monday. Issue 4412 on the French job is a source-text question for the content team. The Japanese job shows no movement for nine working days and no open issue explains why.

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Asks before writing10 Smartling tools

Prepare a Smartling translation brief for new content

Checks your project, locales, glossary and source strings, then drafts a translation job for new content. It asks before creating or authorising anything.

Use it when

You have new copy or a release to translate and need a job set up
You want to check a source string list for ambiguity before translators see it
You need to confirm a target locale is enabled before a deadline

Tools it uses

smartling_get_available_accounts_for_current_user
smartling_get_project
smartling_get_job
smartling_get_job_history
smartling_get_glossary
smartling_get_linguistic_package
smartling_create_strings
smartling_create_job
smartling_add_strings_to_job
smartling_authorize_job

Example

Prepare a Smartling translation job for the spring pricing page copy into French and German, due Friday. Check the glossary first and don't create anything until I approve.

Project Marketing Site uses English as source, and French and German are both enabled. The glossary is missing 'Plan Pro' and 'workspace', which translators will otherwise render inconsistently. 6 strings are ambiguous, including 'Start' and 'Back', and need context notes. I've drafted a job for those 12 strings across 2 locales. Nothing is created yet. Please confirm the account, then tell me which step to run.

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Investigate a Smartling translation issue with AI

Works through one reported translation issue by reading its comments, job history and glossary, then classifies the root cause as source, glossary or translation. It asks before changing any asset.

Use it when

A translator or reviewer reports a wrong term in one locale
A complaint needs checking before anyone retranslates
You want to know whether the source text or the glossary is the real problem

Tools it uses

smartling_get_issue
smartling_find_project_issues
smartling_find_account_issues
smartling_count_project_issues
smartling_get_issue_comment
smartling_get_job
smartling_get_job_history
smartling_get_glossary
smartling_export_glossary
smartling_get_linguistic_package

Example

Smartling issue 48213 says the German for 'workspace' is wrong. Work out whether it is a source, glossary or translation problem and who should fix it.

Issue 48213 is on one string in the German job, raised 3 days ago and still open. Three comments show the translator used 'Arbeitsbereich' because the glossary says 'Workspace' with no German entry. The glossary is the root cause (high confidence), so the fix owner is the terminology owner. I propose adding the German term; I have not changed the glossary. Say yes to draft that edit.

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How Smartling skills work

Connect Smartling
The Smartling MCP server gives the agent its tools.
Ask in plain words
“Check the draft French translation of the onboarding strings against our Smartling glossary and tell me which terms are wrong or missing.” Each SKILL.md says when it applies, so only the one that fits is loaded.
Approve any change
The agent calls the tools in order, checks its work, and shows you any change before it makes it.

How to install Smartling skills

In RevampKey the skills install themselves when you connect Smartling. In other tools each skill is one folder with a SKILL.md file, and you also need the Smartling MCP server connected there.

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Ask in plain language, for example “Check the draft French translation of the onboarding strings against our Smartling glossary and tell me which terms are wrong or missing.”
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for s in essentials glossary-consistency-check localisation-job-triage new-content-translation-brief translation-issue-investigation; do curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/smartling-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/smartling/skills/$s/SKILL.md done
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Into this project’s .claude/skills folder

Connect the Smartling MCP server in Claude Code.

Run this in your project folder to add all 5 skills:

for s in essentials glossary-consistency-check localisation-job-triage new-content-translation-brief translation-issue-investigation; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/smartling-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/smartling/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Check the draft French translation of the onboarding strings against our Smartling glossary and tell me which terms are wrong or missing.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Smartling MCP server in Cursor.

Run this in your project folder to add all 5 skills:

for s in essentials glossary-consistency-check localisation-job-triage new-content-translation-brief translation-issue-investigation; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/smartling-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/smartling/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Check the draft French translation of the onboarding strings against our Smartling glossary and tell me which terms are wrong or missing.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Smartling MCP server in Codex.

Run this in your project folder to add all 5 skills:

for s in essentials glossary-consistency-check localisation-job-triage new-content-translation-brief translation-issue-investigation; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/smartling-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/smartling/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Check the draft French translation of the onboarding strings against our Smartling glossary and tell me which terms are wrong or missing.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Smartling MCP server in VS Code.

Run this in your project folder to add all 5 skills:

for s in essentials glossary-consistency-check localisation-job-triage new-content-translation-brief translation-issue-investigation; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/smartling-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/smartling/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Check the draft French translation of the onboarding strings against our Smartling glossary and tell me which terms are wrong or missing.”

RevampKey or copy the files?

In RevampKey

One click when you connect Smartling
Updated for you when a skill improves
Removed when you disconnect
The MCP server is set up for you
800+ other connectors, same way

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Copy into your project

One command per project
Run it again to get updates
You connect the Smartling MCP server yourself
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Smartling skills FAQ

What is a Smartling agent skill?

A SKILL.md file: a short playbook an AI agent loads when your request matches it. Each Smartling skill describes one job, which Smartling tools to use in which order, what to check first and when to stop and ask you.

Do the Smartling skills change anything on their own?

2 of the 5 only read. The others tell the agent to show you the change and wait for a yes before it creates, edits or deletes anything in Smartling.

Which tools can use these skills?

Any agent that reads the open Agent Skills format: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, VS Code with Copilot and RevampKey. In RevampKey they are attached when you connect Smartling; elsewhere you copy the folders into your project or skills directory.

Do I need the Smartling MCP server too?

Yes. The skills tell the agent how to do the work; the Smartling MCP server gives it the tools to do it. The Smartling MCP setup guide covers every client.

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All 5 Smartling skills

Use Smartling from your AI assistant

Use it when

Tools it uses

Check glossary consistency in Smartling

Use it when

Tools it uses

Triage open Smartling translation jobs with AI

Use it when

Tools it uses

Prepare a Smartling translation brief for new content

Use it when

Tools it uses

Investigate a Smartling translation issue with AI

Use it when

Tools it uses

Get all 5 without copying a file

How Smartling skills work

How to install Smartling skills

RevampKey or copy the files?

In RevampKey

Copy into your project

Smartling skills FAQ

Put Smartling’s best workflows in your agent

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