Cursor Essentials
Best agent skills every Cursor user should install first.
These skills are hand-picked for Cursor users who want immediate productivity gains. They cover skill authoring, code review, PR management, and editor configuration — the fundamentals of an effective agent workflow.
create-skill teaches agents how to author new Agent Skills with valid SKILL.md frontmatter, trigger descriptions, and optional scripts. Install via npx skills add or copy to ~/.cursor/skills/create-skill/.
Can help with
- →User asks to create a new skill
- →Authoring SKILL.md files
create-rule helps agents write Cursor rules (.mdc files) for project-specific AI behavior. Place rules in .cursor/rules/ for automatic context injection.
Can help with
- →Creating coding standards rules
- →Project-specific AI guidance
review-bugbot performs structured code review focused on bugs, edge cases, and regressions. Ideal before merging PRs or after significant refactors.
Can help with
- →PR review requests
- →Finding bugs in diffs
babysit automates PR babysitting: triage review comments, fix CI failures, and resolve merge conflicts until the PR is merge-ready.
Can help with
- →PR needs attention
- →CI is failing
update-cursor-settings helps modify editor settings.json for themes, format on save, keybindings, and Cursor-specific options.
Can help with
- →Changing editor settings
- →Theme configuration
create-hook helps author hooks.json and hook scripts that run on Cursor agent lifecycle events like before/after tool calls.
Can help with
- →Cursor hooks setup
- →Event-driven automation