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Cursor Plugins and Marketplace

Cursor Plugins bundle skills, MCP servers, rules, agents, commands and hooks; official ones are listed in the Cursor Marketplace.

Author
Cursor (Anysphere)
Works with
Cursor
Documented
Oct 2, 2026

What Cursor Plugins and Marketplace is

Cursor supports Agent Plugins (open standard, plugin.json manifest, skills and MCP servers) and Cursor Plugins (.cursor-plugin/plugin.json, adding rules, agents, commands, hooks and variables). Official plugins are distributed as Git repositories and manually reviewed before listing. Teams and Enterprise can run team marketplaces.

What it does

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Where Cursor Plugins and Marketplace runs and what it adds, from its documentation
  • Bundles skills and MCP servers portably via the Agent Plugins standard
  • Cursor Plugins add rules, agents, commands, hooks and variables
  • Cursor Marketplace lists manually reviewed official plugins
  • Team marketplaces (1 on Teams, unlimited on Enterprise) with access groups and SCIM
  • Prebuilt canvases such as Hex and Atlassian

When to use it

Good fit

  • Install a vetted integration with one click
  • Distribute shared plugins and MCP servers across a team

Not for

  • Community plugins: those are on cursor.directory, not the official marketplace

How to install Cursor Plugins and Marketplace

You need: Cursor; team marketplaces need Teams or Enterprise

  1. Browse cursor.com/marketplace or search in Customize
  2. Click install on the plugin
  3. Authenticate with the provider if required
  4. Admins: Dashboard > Plugins & MCPs to manage team marketplaces

Limitations

  • Standard's ${PLUGIN_ROOT}/${PLUGIN_DATA} are not expanded in mcp.json; use ${CURSOR_PLUGIN_ROOT}

Tools it extends

Frequently asked questions

What is the Cursor Marketplace?

The place to find official Cursor Plugins, distributed as Git repositories and manually reviewed. source

Does Cursor load Agent Plugins?

Yes, spec-conformant plugins with a plugin.json manifest load in Cursor. source

How many team marketplaces can I have?

Teams plan: up to 1; Enterprise: unlimited. source

Where do community plugins live?

On cursor.directory. source

Sources and gaps

Not stated by the maintainers: Marketplace page itself not fetched; repo_url is placeholder: Cursor is closed source; Public source repository (closed source or not verified).

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