Cursor AI Skills & Rules
The largest directory of Cursor AI skills and .cursorrules. Optimize your Cursor IDE with custom rules for every framework, language, and workflow.
What Are Cursor Skills?
Cursor skills (also known as .cursorrules) are project-level instruction files that tell Cursor AI how to behave in your codebase. They enforce coding standards, prevent hallucinations, and give Cursor domain-specific knowledge about your tech stack.
- ✓Enforce consistent coding style across your team
- ✓Prevent AI hallucinations with explicit constraints
- ✓Framework-specific rules (React, Vue, Next.js, Python)
- ✓Compatible with SKILL.md and .cursorrules formats
- ✓Cross-compatible with Claude Code and Codex
- ✓Project-level and global rules supported
- ✓Community-driven with 1,000+ rules and skills
- ✓Copy-paste or install with npx skills add
Featured Cursor Skills
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🏰 883+ Universal Agentic Skills for Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor & More — Curated by Rootcastle Engineering & Innovation (REI) | Batuhan Ayrıbaş
$ npx skills add rootcastleco/rei-skillsLum1104/Understand-Anything
Graphs that teach > graphs that impress. Turn any code into an interactive knowledge graph you can explore, search, and ask questions about. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, and more.
$ npx skills add Lum1104/Understand-AnythingGusY2K/y2k-labs
Y2K Labs — Agent skills for the entire software development lifecycle. Azure DevOps, backlog automation, sprint planning, and more. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot & 40+ AI agents.
$ npx skills add GusY2K/y2k-labsanmolnagpal/devops-skills
Multi-tool DevOps skills for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex — Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS FinOps, OWASP security.
$ npx skills add anmolnagpal/devops-skillsComposioHQ/Snowflake-Automation
Automate Snowflake data warehouse operations -- list databases, schemas, and tables, execute SQL statements, and manage data workflows via the Composio MCP integration.
$ npx skills add ComposioHQ/awesome-codex-skillsdirnbauer/webconsulting-skills
AI-augmented development environment with Agent Skills for enterprise TYPO3 projects (Cursor IDE)
$ npx skills add dirnbauer/webconsulting-skillsHIDORAKAI002/ai-workspace-archive
A massive, self-updating local archive of AI tools — 11,000+ agent skills, 240+ MCP servers, 2,200+ IDE rules (Cursor/Cline), and 30+ system prompt collections. One repo to rule them all.
$ npx skills add HIDORAKAI002/ai-workspace-archivecharlieviettq/awesome-agent-skill
Curated skill pack for LLM agents in engineer and science workflow (Cursor & Claude ready).
$ npx skills add charlieviettq/awesome-agent-skillNaoray/skills
Naoray's personal Claude Code, Cursor & Codex skills. Connect in one command with scribe.
$ npx skills add Naoray/skillsshipshitdev/skills
Claude, Cursor, Codex skills and commands
$ npx skills add shipshitdev/skillsgabrielstuff/package-cooldown
Multi-layer supply-chain hardening skill for Node.js & Python (Claude Code / Codex / Cursor compatible). Cooldown + scanner + PR-time SAST.
$ npx skills add gabrielstuff/package-cooldownnaorsabag/openhop
Animated data-flow diagrams your AI agent can write. One SKILL.md — install in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and 11+ other clients via `npx openskills install naorsabag/openhop`.
$ npx skills add naorsabag/openhopHow to Use Cursor Skills
Install with add-skill
Automatically downloads and sets up the skill in your project.
npx skills add author/skill-repo
Or add .cursorrules directly
Copy the skill content into your .cursorrules file. Cursor reads this automatically.
# Create .cursorrules in your project root cp skill-repo/SKILL.md .cursorrules
Cursor loads rules on every prompt
Cursor injects your .cursorrules into every AI interaction, ensuring consistent behavior across your entire project.