Cursor Plugins (official)

What it does

Cursor's plugin specification and its official plugins. A Cursor plugin packages rules, skills, subagents, commands, MCP servers and hooks into one install. The repo holds Cursor-made plugins (such as Create Plugin, Advisor and Orchestrate) plus Cursor-packaged integrations for tools like GitHub, Playwright, Gmail, Google Drive, HubSpot and Salesforce. Cursor says every plugin in its Marketplace is manually reviewed before it's listed and must be open source. Plugins in the repo are MIT licensed.

Who it's for

Cursor users who want a ready-made bundle of rules, skills and MCP servers for a tool or workflow, and teams who want to package their own setup.

How to set it up

1. Open Customize in Cursor's sidebar, find the plugin you want (or browse cursor.com/marketplace), select Install and choose a project or user scope.

2. Manage what's installed from the same Customize page: toggle MCP servers on or off, and switch rules between Always, Agent Decides and Manual.

3. To build your own, put a folder with a .cursor-plugin/plugin.json manifest (only name is required) in ~/.cursor/plugins/local/<your-plugin>, then restart Cursor or run Developer: Reload Window:

   jsonCopy

   {
     "name": "my-plugin",
     "description": "Custom development tools",
     "version": "1.0.0",
     "author": { "name": "Your Name" }
   }

4. Cursor also loads plugins that follow the open Agent Plugins standard (a root plugin.json packaging skills and MCP servers). Private team marketplaces need a Teams or Enterprise plan.

Check the official Cursor Plugins (official) docs for the latest steps.

Example prompts

Use the Create Plugin skill to scaffold a new plugin for our team's rules and skills.

Which installed plugins add MCP servers, and which of those are switched on?

Use the Playwright plugin to open localhost:3000 and check the sign-up form works.

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