


Just finished the TRAE AI Talk (Ep. 5) – Here are my 4 biggest takeaways for anyone using TRAE SOLO
I was just writing the summary for the live session with Ande (TRAE's Product Manager), and honestly, it changed how I'm thinking about the "AI assistant" workflow. It wasn't just a boring lecture; he did a full workshop-style demo. Definitely worth checking out the replay if you want to see the remote file access and the game build in action. 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcUs8Ldyhtg
If you're trying to move beyond just using AI as a chatbot, here are the most useful things I learned in the session:
1. Your phone is basically a "Dispatch Center" for your PC
The biggest lightbulb moment was seeing Ande use the SOLO Mobile app to control his computer remotely.
- You can pair your phone with your office Mac or home PC.
- While you're on the bus or in a meeting, you can send a task from your phone, and it runs locally on your desktop at home.
- You can actually access and summarize files (like videos or docs) sitting on your office computer's hard drive directly from the mobile app.
2. "MTC" vs. "Code Mode" (When to use which?)
There was some confusion about why you'd want a "Code Mode" on a phone (who wants to type code on a tiny screen?). Ande cleared it up:
- MTC (More Than Coding): Use this for the "office" stuff—web research, generating PowerPoints, data analysis, or building product prototypes.
- Code Mode: It's not for writing line-by-line code on your phone; it's for triggering complex, end-to-end builds that require a real dev environment.
3. "Brainstorm Mode" is a sleeper feature
If you have a "buzzy" or messy idea, you can use the Brainstorm session.
- It's voice-enabled, so you just talk to it.
- It does multiple rounds of conversation with you to clear your mind and then spits out a structured, detailed project file of what you were actually thinking.
4. You can build playable tools in minutes
The "wow" moment was watching him build a Pixel Art Dinosaur game from scratch in about 6 minutes.
- He didn't just generate code; TRAE SOLO created a full PRD (Product Requirement Document) and a technical architecture for him to review before it started building.
- It even customized the game characters to use the TRAE mascot head instead of a dinosaur.
One final tip: If you're doing heavy data work, you can actually select specific rows or tables in the AI-generated Excel files and "comment to chat" to tell SOLO exactly what to change in that specific spot.