Create Plugin Scaffold

This scaffolds a complete Cursor plugin from scratch, dropping it straight into your local plugins directory so it's immediately available without an install step. It writes the manifest, creates component directories for rules, skills, agents, or whatever you need, and wires up marketplace entries if you're building a multi-plugin repo. The workflow is opinionated but sensible: kebab-case names, relative paths only, valid frontmatter for every component. It's straightforward time savings if you're spinning up plugins regularly or maintaining a marketplace repo, though if you're only building one plugin ever, you could just copy an example and be done with it.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add cursor/plugins --skill create-plugin-scaffold --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Create plugin scaffold

Trigger

You need to create a new Cursor plugin from scratch and make it ready for local use or marketplace submission.

Required Inputs

Plugin name (lowercase kebab-case)
Plugin purpose and target users
Component set to include (rules, skills, agents, commands, hooks, mcpServers)
Repository style (single-plugin or multi-plugin marketplace)

Output Location

By default, create the plugin inside the user's local plugin directory:

~/.cursor/plugins/local/<plugin-name>/

This path makes the plugin immediately available to Cursor without any install step. If the user explicitly asks to create the plugin elsewhere (e.g. inside an existing repo or a specific directory), respect that choice instead.