# Cursor Skills System > Authoring `.cursor/skills/` skill packs that the Cursor Agent and SDK can pick up. Use when adding reusable capabilities to a project (or user-global), structuring SKILL.md frontmatter, and pairing skills with the SDK via `local.settingSources`. - Skill: `hktitan/cursor-skills-system` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 8 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add hktitan/cursor-skills-system` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/hktitan/cursor-skills-system/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: AI & ML - Author: HKTITAN (https://skillmd.com/u/hktitan) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/hktitan/cursor-skills-system --- # cursor-skills-system Cursor follows the [Agent Skills spec](https://agentskills.io/specification): drop a folder in `.cursor/skills//` with a `SKILL.md` and the agent can invoke it on demand. The SDK loads project and user skills when `local.settingSources` includes the matching scope. ## When to use - Packaging reusable instructions / scripts as a named skill - Choosing project vs user vs team scope - Writing spec-compliant `SKILL.md` frontmatter - Structuring atomic `references/*.md` for an agent to traverse ## Concepts - [[references/folder-layout]] — `.cursor/skills//SKILL.md` + `references/` - [[references/skill-md-frontmatter]] — required and optional fields - [[references/skill-graph-pattern]] — Map-of-Content + atomic references with `[[wikilinks]]` - [[references/scopes]] — project, user, plugins - [[references/sdk-integration]] — loading via `local.settingSources` ## Distribution - [[references/installing-skill-packs]] — `npx skills add ` and bring-your-own - [[references/internal-flag]] — `metadata.internal` to hide nodes from listings ## Cross-links - Project rules — sibling `.cursor/` feature → [[../cursor-rules/SKILL]] - Hooks — sibling `.cursor/` feature → [[../cursor-hooks/SKILL]] - This repo *is* a skill pack — see the top-level `README.md` and `AGENTS.md`.