How do I install the Install Cursor Plugin skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add understudylabs/install-cursor-plugin in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Install Cursor Plugin safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Capability flags: reads secrets. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Install Cursor Plugin?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Install Cursor Plugin free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Install Cursor Plugin?

understudylabs (@understudylabs) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Install Cursor Plugin by understudylabs

Name: Install Cursor Plugin
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: understudylabs

Install Cursor Plugin

Compatibility shim for Cursor installs. Use when a developer asks to install, update, enable, reinstall, remove, or verify the Understudy Cursor plugin - "install Understudy in Cursor", "add the Cursor plugin", "make Cursor see the skills". Route to install-agent-adapter with platform cursor.

File contents

Install the Understudy Cursor plugin

This skill is a compatibility shim. The consolidated setup surface is install-agent-adapter.

Procedure

Load install-agent-adapter and run it with platform cursor.

Use its reference.md for the current symlink install:

mkdir -p "$HOME/.cursor/plugins/local"
rm -rf "$HOME/.cursor/plugins/local/understudy"
ln -s "$REPO" "$HOME/.cursor/plugins/local/understudy"

Activation:

Developer: Reload Window

Then ask Cursor Agent:

Use the Understudy onboarding skill for this project.

Safety Gates

Local-first and free: installing the Cursor adapter only links local skills. It must not authenticate, upload data, inspect secret values, download model weights, start hosted jobs, or make provider calls.

Only overwrite the exact ~/.cursor/plugins/local/understudy path.
Do not edit Cursor internal settings databases.
Do not copy private traces, keys, or .understudy/ state into the plugin.

Resolve CLI

No Understudy CLI command is required. Use shell to create the local symlink after confirming the repo contains .cursor-plugin/plugin.json.

Output Standard

End with: that this routed through install-agent-adapter; whether the Cursor plugin was installed/refreshed/shown for manual run; the reload step; the next onboarding prompt; and the uninstall command.

Frequently asked questions