Skills and MCP servers for Cursor

Anysphere's AI code editor: project chat, autocomplete and an agent mode. Connects MCP servers and works with skills from the catalog.

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Download Cursor

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Official sources only: the developer site and app stores. No mirrors or third-party builds.

How to connect to Cursor

What the agent reads

  • SKILL.md
  • MCP
  • .mdc rules

Where skills go

In the project folder
.cursor/skills/

Install with one command

npx skillfoxx add mcp/markitdown --agent cursor

Example for “MarkItDown”. Any entry installs the same way, by its catalog address. The CLI checks the recipe signature and writes the Cursor settings itself.

MCP servers

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Official

Microsoft's utility and MCP server that turn PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML and other files into Markdown for models

Extended access192.9KRepository stars
Official

An open-source crawler that turns websites into clean Markdown for AI agents: install from PyPI, run in Docker and connect to Claude Code over MCP

Extended access86.5KRepository stars

An MCP server built into the Netdata agent: metrics, logs, alerts and live process, service and container data for an AI assistant

Extended access81.2KRepository stars
Official

Local context compression for agents: tool outputs, logs, files and RAG chunks shrink before reaching the LLM. Proxy, CLI, library and MCP

Broad access78.3KRepository stars
Official

Up-to-date, version-specific library docs and code examples in your agent's context, via MCP or a CLI plus skill

Extended access63.9KRepository stars
Official

Local memory for agents: stores conversations and project files verbatim and retrieves them with semantic search over MCP

Extended access59.8KRepository stars

Skills

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Official shadcn/ui skill and MCP server: the agent searches registries, adds components via the CLI and follows the library's rules

Extended access126.9KRepository stars

The official FastAPI skill, bundled with the package, teaching agents to write code for the installed version

Minimal access104.3KRepository stars

A frontend design skill with 23 commands, live browser iteration and 61 detector rules for common AI-generated UI tells

Broad access94.1KRepository stars18Installs in 30 days

Skills and CLI from HeyGen: the agent writes HTML compositions and renders them into MP4 videos, captions, motion graphics and decks

Extended access74.9KRepository stars

A skill that builds editable PPTX decks from PDF, DOCX, URLs and Markdown with native shapes, charts and animations

Extended access70.5KRepository stars

A skill that gathers the last 30 days of discussion on a topic from Reddit, X, YouTube, HN, Polymarket and GitHub into one brief

Broad access65.9KRepository stars

CLI tools

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Needs a VPN

OpenAI's coding agent that runs locally in your terminal, with IDE and desktop versions

Broad access131.6KRepository stars

CLI, skill and Python library for browser control: the agent clicks, fills forms and reads pages over CDP

Broad access119.5KRepository stars

A skill package manager: installs, finds, updates and removes SKILL.md packages from GitHub and other git hosts across many agents

Extended access37.1KRepository stars

A CLI for every Google Workspace API with JSON output and agent skills: Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets and more

Broad access32KRepository stars

Packs a repository into one LLM-ready file with token counts, code compression and secret filtering, also runs as an MCP server

Extended access29.1KRepository stars

The bd issue tracker with a dependency graph on Dolt: long-term memory and a work plan for agents instead of Markdown lists

Extended access28.3KRepository stars

Plugins

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A skills library that gives coding agents a development process: brainstorming, planning, TDD, subagents and code review

Extended access307.8KRepository stars

Open prompt library with a Claude Code plugin, MCP server and CLI: search, fetch and improve prompts and skills from an agent

Extended access175KRepository stars

Memory layer for agents: plugins for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode, plus a CLI and SDKs that carry context across sessions

Extended access68.1KRepository stars

A plugin from Every: a brainstorm, plan, build, review and capture loop so each next task gets easier

Broad access25.8KRepository stars
Needs a VPN

Three skill plugins for Google Stitch: screen generation, code to design and React builds from mockups

Extended access8.6KRepository stars

Official skills and agents from the .NET team: performance, MSBuild, NuGet, upgrades, testing, ASP.NET Core, Blazor and MAUI

Extended access5.8KRepository stars

Workflows

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Job search inside your coding agent: scores each listing against your CV from 1 to 5, tailors a PDF resume, drafts letters and tracks applications

Extended access78.7KRepository stars

Spec-driven development for coding agents: proposal, requirements, design and tasks come before any code

Extended access73.4KRepository stars

A skill set for agile development with an agent: from idea and PRD to architecture, stories, implementation and review

Extended access54.7KRepository stars

Agentic video studio for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: script, voiceover, images, stock footage, music, subtitles and render

Extended access73KRepository stars

A spec-driven development framework for coding agents: a discuss, plan, execute, verify and ship loop run in fresh contexts

Broad access11KRepository stars

A visual workflow builder for agents: draw a flow on a canvas and export it as skills and commands for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others

Extended access5.4KRepository stars

Prompts

5 entries

A structured prompt system: templates with role, profile, skills, rules and workflow for repeatable model requests

Minimal access12.7KRepository stars

The Chinese edition of agency-agents: hundreds of expert roles for Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot and other agents, including China-market roles

Minimal access21.7KRepository stars

Awesome Prompts by AI Boost

Awesome ChatGPT Prompts (GPTs Store)

Over 370 ready-made persona system prompts, collected from top-rated custom GPTs in the GPTs Store

Minimal access9.1KRepository stars

29 ready-made prompts in Chinese: a five-step dev flow, code review, Draw.io diagrams, reports, WeChat articles and thesis chapters

Minimal access1.4KRepository stars

Over 1,400 popular prompts for NanoBanana and GPT Image from X posts ranked by likes, plus a system prompt that turns a short idea into a detailed one

Minimal access746Repository stars

In short

Cursor can be extended with MCP servers, skills, CLIs, and plugins from the catalog to handle tasks like document conversion, web crawling, memory management, UI design, coding assistance, and prompt management. MCP servers such as MarkItDown and Crawl4AI convert files and websites into Markdown for processing. Skills like FastAPI and PPT Master enable coding and presentation creation. Plugins like Mem0 provide memory layers across sessions.

FAQ

how do i connect an MCP server to Cursor?

Install the MCP server (e.g., MarkItDown or Crawl4AI) and configure Cursor to communicate with it over the MCP protocol as described in the server's documentation.

which tools are best for document processing with Cursor?

Use MarkItDown MCP to convert PDFs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and HTML files into Markdown, and PPT Master skill to build editable PPTX decks from various sources.

are there official skills available for Cursor?

Yes, official skills like FastAPI skill and shadcn/ui skill provide coding and UI component integration capabilities for Cursor.