Cursor Manual Install

Skill Roots

Cursor supports repo-local and global skills:

.cursor/skills/<skill-name>/
~/.cursor/skills/<skill-name>/

Manual repo-local install example:

mkdir -p .cursor/skills/create-plan
cp -R skills/create-plan/cursor/* .cursor/skills/create-plan/

Global install example:

mkdir -p ~/.cursor/skills/create-plan
cp -R skills/create-plan/cursor/* ~/.cursor/skills/create-plan/

Cursor variants exist for atlassian, create-plan, do-task, and implement-plan. web-automation currently has no Cursor variant.

Reviewer Runtime

Repo-local:

mkdir -p .cursor/skills/reviewer-runtime
cp skills/reviewer-runtime/run-review.sh .cursor/skills/reviewer-runtime/
cp skills/reviewer-runtime/notify-telegram.sh .cursor/skills/reviewer-runtime/
chmod +x .cursor/skills/reviewer-runtime/*.sh

Global uses ~/.cursor/skills/reviewer-runtime/ instead.

Superpowers

Cursor variants expect the nested Superpowers layout:

.cursor/skills/superpowers/skills/<superpower>/SKILL.md
~/.cursor/skills/superpowers/skills/<superpower>/SKILL.md

Recommended symlink:

mkdir -p .cursor/skills/superpowers
ln -s /absolute/path/to/obra/superpowers/skills .cursor/skills/superpowers/skills

Cursor Reviewer Notes

Cursor reviewer calls use JSON output and require jq where the skill variant parses reviewer responses:

cursor-agent --version
jq --version

Reviewer calls must use --mode=ask --trust --output-format json, never write-capable modes.

Verify

Repo-local scope:

cursor-agent --version
test -f .cursor/skills/create-plan/SKILL.md
test -f .cursor/skills/superpowers/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md

Global scope:

cursor-agent --version
test -f ~/.cursor/skills/create-plan/SKILL.md
test -f ~/.cursor/skills/superpowers/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md

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