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Cursor skills: 740 worth installing

Skills in the open SKILL.md format that Cursor reads. Each one has a plain-language summary and the command to install it.

Installing a skill in Cursor

$ npx skills add <author>/<skill> --agent cursor

Replace the placeholder with the author and skill name from the skill's page. Start a new Cursor session afterwards so the skill is picked up.

Skills for Cursor

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Requires the agent to run verification commands and confirm the output before it claims that work is complete or passing.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 294k

Writing Plans

Jesse Vincent

Writes a step-by-step implementation plan from a spec or requirements before any code is touched.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 294k

Writing Skills

Jesse Vincent

Guides creating, editing and testing skills before they are deployed.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 294k

Ask Matt

Matt Pocock

Tells you which of Matt Pocock's skills or flows fits your situation.

ProductivityGitHub stars: 273k

Code Review

Matt Pocock

Reviews the changes since a commit or branch on two axes: the repo's coding standards and the originating spec.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

Codebase Design

Matt Pocock

Gives the agent a shared vocabulary for designing deep modules, deciding interfaces and making code easier to test.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

Diagnosing Bugs

Matt Pocock

Runs a diagnosis loop for hard bugs and performance regressions.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

Domain Modeling

Matt Pocock

Builds and sharpens a project's domain model through a glossary and ADRs.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

Grill with Docs

Matt Pocock

Interviews you relentlessly to sharpen a plan or design, and writes ADRs and a glossary along the way.

ProductivityGitHub stars: 273k

Implement Spec

Matt Pocock

Implements in code what the to-spec and to-tickets skills produced.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

Implement

Matt Pocock

Implements a piece of work in code, working from a spec or a set of tickets.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

Scans a codebase for chances to deepen modules, shows them in an HTML report, then interviews you about the one you pick.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

PR

Matt Pocock

Writes the body of a pull request so that reviewers can follow the change.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

Prototype

Matt Pocock

Builds a throwaway prototype to answer a design question about a state model, logic or UI.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

Research

Matt Pocock

Investigates a question against primary sources and saves the findings as a Markdown file in the repo.

ResearchGitHub stars: 273k

Retro

Matt Pocock

Runs a retrospective on a coding session to capture what went well and what did not.

ProductivityGitHub stars: 273k

Configures a repo for Matt Pocock's engineering skills: issue tracker, triage labels and domain doc layout.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

TDD

Matt Pocock

Builds features and fixes bugs test-first with the red-green-refactor loop.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

To Spec

Matt Pocock

Turns the current conversation into a spec and publishes it to the project's issue tracker, without a further interview.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

To Tickets

Matt Pocock

Breaks a plan or spec into tracer-bullet tickets with their blocking relationships, published to the issue tracker.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

Triage

Matt Pocock

Moves issues and external pull requests through triage: categorise, verify and write briefs an agent can act on.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

Wayfinder

Matt Pocock

Plans work too large for one agent session as a map of decision tickets, then resolves them one at a time.

ProductivityGitHub stars: 273k

Wizard

Matt Pocock

Generates an interactive bash wizard that walks a person through steps only they can perform, such as credentials or dashboards.

AutomationGitHub stars: 273k

Migrates test files from `as` type assertions to @total-typescript/shoehorn.

DevelopmentGitHub stars: 273k

Questions

Cursor and skills.

Do Claude skills work in Cursor?

Often. A skill is a folder of instructions and scripts in the open SKILL.md format, which Cursor reads. A skill that depends on tools only one agent provides will not carry over, so read the skill's source before you rely on it.

How do I install a skill in Cursor?

Each skill page has an install command. Run it in a terminal, then start a new Cursor session so the skill is picked up.

What is the difference between a skill and an instructions file such as AGENTS.md?

An instructions file is loaded in every session and describes the project. A skill is loaded only when a task calls for it, so it can be long and specific without costing context on every turn.

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