# nuxt-i18n

A skill that walks your coding agent through @nuxtjs/i18n setup: locales, translated routes, language detection and locale SEO.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 589 installs · ★ 724
- Author: onmax
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/onmax/nuxt-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/nuxt-i18n/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nuxt-i18n

## What it does

The skill covers locale messages, localized routes, language detection and locale metadata in Nuxt. Before touching anything, the agent inspects the installed `@nuxtjs/i18n` version, `nuxt.config.*`, `i18n/i18n.config.*`, locale files and the pages involved, then opens the matching reference.

Three references ship with it: configuration (locale objects, file layout, browser detection, Vue I18n options), messages (translation keys, interpolation, plurals, dates, numbers, runtime loading) and routing plus SEO (route strategies, localized links, switchers, custom paths, dynamic slugs). Module options stay in `nuxt.config`, Vue I18n options in `i18n.config`, translations in locale files. Locale files resolve from `i18n/locales/` by default.

After the change the agent runs `nuxi prepare` and the project typecheck, then opens the affected route in the default locale and one secondary locale. Scope is i18n only — pages, middleware, data fetching and server routes belong to the separate `nuxt` skill, so a project with custom SSR state means hopping between the two.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add onmax/nuxt-skills --skill nuxt-i18n -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/nuxt-i18n/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/nuxt-i18n/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add onmax/nuxt-skills --skill nuxt-i18n -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/nuxt-i18n/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add onmax/nuxt-skills --skill nuxt-i18n -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/nuxt-i18n/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install onmax/nuxt-skills nuxt-i18n
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/nuxt-i18n/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add onmax/nuxt-skills --skill nuxt-i18n -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/onmax/nuxt-skills --path skills/nuxt-i18n
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/nuxt-i18n/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add onmax/nuxt-skills --skill nuxt-i18n -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/onmax/nuxt-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/nuxt-i18n/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- add a second locale to a Nuxt app
- set up browser language detection
- translate routes and internal links
- build a language switcher for the header
- configure fallback to the default locale

## Example prompts
- set up @nuxtjs/i18n with en and fr locales, files under i18n/locales
- add a language switcher to the header and localize the links
- add per-locale SEO metadata to the pages

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: nuxt-i18n
description: Internationalize Nuxt applications with @nuxtjs/i18n. Use when configuring locales or browser detection, translating messages or routes, building locale switchers, handling fallbacks, lazy-loading messages, or adding locale SEO.
license: MIT
---

# Nuxt I18n

Nuxt I18n owns locale messages, localized routes, language detection, and locale metadata. Nuxt owns the surrounding page, rendering, and server lifecycle.

## Workflow

1. Inspect the installed `@nuxtjs/i18n` version, `nuxt.config.*`, `i18n/i18n.config.*`, locale files, and affected pages. The setup is understood when locale codes, files, `defaultLocale`, and the routing strategy agree.
2. Open the smallest matching guide below. Keep module options in `nuxt.config`, Vue I18n options in `i18n.config`, and translated messages in locale files.
3. Implement with localized links and module composables so routing, message loading, and SEO share one locale state.
4. Run `nuxi prepare` and the project's typecheck, then visit the affected route in the default and one secondary locale. The change is complete when both locales render the expected message, URL, language metadata, and fallback behavior.

## Routing

| Task                                                                                 | Open                                         |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------- |
| Installation, locale objects, file layout, browser detection, or Vue I18n config     | [Configuration](references/configuration.md) |
| Translation keys, interpolation, plurals, dates, numbers, or runtime message loading | [Messages](references/messages.md)           |
| Route strategies, localized links, switchers, custom paths, dynamic slugs, or SEO    | [Routing and SEO](references/routing.md)     |
| Nuxt pages, middleware, data fetching, SSR state, or server routes                   | `nuxt` skill                                 |

## Baseline

```bash
npx nuxi@latest module add @nuxtjs/i18n
```

```ts
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  modules: ['@nuxtjs/i18n'],
  i18n: {
    defaultLocale: 'en',
    locales: [
      { code: 'en', language: 'en-US', name: 'English', file: 'en.json' },
      { code: 'fr', language: 'fr-FR', name: 'Français', file: 'fr.json' },
    ],
  },
})
```

```json
{
  "welcome": "Welcome"
}
```

Locale files resolve from `i18n/locales/` by default. Use the same locale code in configuration, route helpers, locale files, and fallback rules.
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