| name | install-cursor-plugin |
| description | Compatibility shim for Cursor installs. Use when a developer asks to install, update, enable, reinstall, remove, or verify the Understudy Cursor plugin - "install Understudy in Cursor", "add the Cursor plugin", "make Cursor see the skills". Route to install-agent-adapter with platform cursor. |
| metadata | {"understudy":{"mode":"automatic","safety":"local-first","cli_required":false}} |
Install the Understudy Cursor plugin
This skill is a compatibility shim. The consolidated setup surface is
install-agent-adapter.
Procedure
Load install-agent-adapter and run it with platform cursor.
Use its reference.md for the
current symlink install:
mkdir -p "$HOME/.cursor/plugins/local"
rm -rf "$HOME/.cursor/plugins/local/understudy"
ln -s "$REPO" "$HOME/.cursor/plugins/local/understudy"
Activation:
Developer: Reload Window
Then ask Cursor Agent:
Use the Understudy onboarding skill for this project.
Safety Gates
Local-first and free: installing the Cursor adapter only links local skills. It
must not authenticate, upload data, inspect secret values, download model
weights, start hosted jobs, or make provider calls.
- Only overwrite the exact
~/.cursor/plugins/local/understudy path.
- Do not edit Cursor internal settings databases.
- Do not copy private traces, keys, or
.understudy/ state into the plugin.
Resolve CLI
No Understudy CLI command is required. Use shell to create the local symlink after
confirming the repo contains .cursor-plugin/plugin.json.
Output Standard
End with: that this routed through install-agent-adapter; whether the Cursor
plugin was installed/refreshed/shown for manual run; the reload step; the next
onboarding prompt; and the uninstall command.
