Cursor Skills
Cursor, the AI code editor, reads Agent Skills from its skills directory. SkillMD lists 1,081,265 safety-reviewed skills (SKILL.md files) you can use in Cursor free: search by task, install with one command, or copy the file into ./.cursor/skills.
Install a skill in Cursor
- CLI (recommended). Install the CLI once, then add any skill to Cursor by slug:
npm i -g skillmds@latest skillmd add <owner>/<name> -a cursor # project scope → ./.cursor/skills skillmd add <owner>/<name> -a cursor -g # global scope → ~/.cursor/skills - Manual copy. Open any skill on SkillMD, download its SKILL.md, and save it as
./.cursor/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md(or~/.cursor/skills/…for every project). - MCP server. If Cursor supports MCP servers, connect the SkillMD server and ask the agent to search and install skills for you. Setup details: MCP docs.
Machine-readable version of this guide: /agents/cursor.txt
Top skills for Cursor
antigravity Grill Me
Runs a structured interview session to sharpen a plan or design through relentless questioning.
Audited 42.4k
emilkowalski Apple Design
Translates Apple's fluid interface design principles—spring animations, direct manipulation, interruptibility, and velocity handoff—into web implementations using CSS, Pointer Events, and spring libraries like Motion/Framer Motion.
Audited 43.2k
antigravity Android Dev
Guides production-grade Android and cross-platform app development covering stack selection, architecture, UI, testing, build, and release.
Audited 42.4k bundle
antigravity Go In Depth
Fans out web searches, fetches sources, adversarially verifies claims, and synthesizes a cited research report.
42.4k bundle
antigravity Database
Guides database design, implementation, optimization, migrations, data pipelines, and operations for SQL, NoSQL, and modern data platforms.
Audited 42.4k
emilkowalski Improve Animations
Audits a codebase's animation and motion code, then produces a prioritized list of findings and self-contained implementation plans for other agents to execute.
Audited 43.2k
antigravity MCP Builder
Guides the creation of MCP servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools.
42.4k bundle
antigravity Tdd
Guides test-driven development with a vertical-slice approach, writing one test at a time and implementing minimal code to pass, then refactoring.
Audited 42.4k bundle
antigravity Expo UI
Build native UI with the @expo/ui package: real SwiftUI on iOS and Jetpack Compose on Android rendered from React in an Expo or React Native app.
Audited 42.4k bundle
antigravity Design UX
Run a heuristic evaluation of interactive UIs against Nielsen's 10 usability heuristics and interaction add-ons, scoring the rendered artifact and producing a prioritized fix list.
Audited 42.4k
antigravity Super Code
Enforces dense, correct, and idiomatic code on all coding tasks, minimizing code bloat and agent operation overhead.
Audited 42.4k
antigravity App Builder
Analyzes natural language requests to determine project type, select a tech stack, plan structure, and coordinate specialized agents for building full-stack applications.
Audited 42.4k bundle
antigravity Hasdata CLI
Provides command-line access to search, scraping, and structured web data from over 40 APIs including Google, Amazon, Yelp, and Zillow.
42.4k bundle
antigravity UI Setup
Walks through a step-by-step wizard to configure brand colors, typography, and scaffold the first screen for a new app using the StyleSeed design system.
Audited 42.4k
antigravity Itil Expert
Provides strategic and operational guidance on ITIL 4 and ITIL 5 frameworks, focusing on AI governance, sustainability, and product-centric lifecycle management.
Audited 42.4k bundle
antigravity Blueprint
Generates a step-by-step construction plan from a one-line objective, where each step is self-contained and executable by a fresh agent in a new session.
Audited 42.4k
antigravity Evolution
Continuously improves a Makepad skill library during development through hooks, self-correction, and version adaptation.
42.4k
antigravity Grpc Golang
Design and implement production-grade gRPC services in Go with Protobuf contracts, mTLS, streaming, and OpenTelemetry observability.
Audited 42.4k bundle
Frequently asked questions
Where does Cursor look for skills?
Cursor loads Agent Skills from ./.cursor/skills inside a project and from ~/.cursor/skills globally. Each skill lives in its own folder as <skill-name>/SKILL.md; the agent reads the skill's description and applies it when a request matches.
How do I install a skill in Cursor?
Run npm i -g skillmds@latest once, then skillmd add <owner>/<name> -a cursor in your project (add -g for global scope). The CLI writes the SKILL.md into .cursor/skills for you. You can also copy the file by hand from any skill page on skillmd.com.
Do skills made for Claude Code work in Cursor?
Yes. SKILL.md is an open, agent-neutral format: the same file works across Claude Code, Cursor, Cursor, Codex, and 60+ other agents. Only the directory it lives in changes, and skillmd add -a cursor handles that for you.