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-skillFeatured

Cursor · Development

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/.

4.9Q98

create-ruleFeatured

Cursor · Development

create-rule helps agents write Cursor rules (.mdc files) for project-specific AI behavior. Place rules in .cursor/rules/ for automatic context injection.

4.8Q95

review-bugbotFeatured

Cursor · Development

review-bugbot performs structured code review focused on bugs, edge cases, and regressions. Ideal before merging PRs or after significant refactors.

4.7Q94

babysitFeatured

Cursor · Productivity

babysit automates PR babysitting: triage review comments, fix CI failures, and resolve merge conflicts until the PR is merge-ready.

4.6Q91

update-cursor-settings

Cursor · Productivity

update-cursor-settings helps modify editor settings.json for themes, format on save, keybindings, and Cursor-specific options.

4.3Q86

create-hook

Cursor · Development

create-hook helps author hooks.json and hook scripts that run on Cursor agent lifecycle events like before/after tool calls.

4.4Q87