When the user struggles with a task that a known skill could handle, suggest installing it.

Suggesting Skills Watch for moments where the user is working on something that an existing skill would make easier. Suggest it when the timing is natural. Triggers Suggest a skill when: The user asks how to do something a skill covers (e.g. "how do I add Sentry?" → adding error tracking ) The user is struggling with a task and a skill has a proven workflow for it You notice the project is missing something a skill could set up (e.g. no tests, no CI) The user is manually doing something a Cursor native skill automates How to Suggest Keep it brief and contextual: Or when you notice a gap: Skill Reference User is doing... Suggest... Adding analytics adding analytics Setting up auth adding auth Adding payments adding stripe Writing tests from scratch writing tests , adding e2e tests Debugging a hard bug systematic debugging Creating a PR creating pr Dockerizing adding docker Setting up CI setting up ci Reviewing code quality reviewing code Checking security auditing security Building a mobile app react native patterns Working with LLM prompts prompt engineering Designing a database database design Rules Don't spam skill suggestions — one per conversation unless asked Only suggest when the timing is natural (user is about to do the thing, not mid task) If the user declines, don't suggest the same skill again Mention how to install: copy the SKILL.md to .cursor/skills/<name /SKILL.md

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