create-plugin-scaffold SKILL.md skillA
create-plugin-scaffold from cursor/plugins is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add cursor/plugins/create-plugin-scaffold@git:20260225.82d7c79Pins git:20260225.82d7c79 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- cursor/plugins
- Path
create-plugin/skills/create-plugin-scaffold/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260225.82d7c79, committed Feb 25, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 11, 2026
- Size
- 2,903 bytes
- Repository stars
- 15,125
- License
- none declared
Create a new Cursor plugin scaffold with a valid manifest, component directories, and marketplace wiring. Use when starting a new plugin or adding a plugin to a multi-plugin repository.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# 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. ## Workflow 1. Validate plugin name format: lowercase kebab-case, starts and ends with an alphanumeric character. 2. Determine the target directory: - Default: `~/.cursor/plugins/local/<plugin-name>/` - Override: use the path the user specifies, if any. - Create the directory (and parents) if it does not exist. 3. Create base files inside the target directory: - `.cursor-plugin/plugin.json` - `README.md` …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add cursor/plugins/create-plugin-scaffold@sha256:b1ca0ef8398d957cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260225.82d7c79, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Feb 11, 2026 and Feb 25, 2026, about one every 7 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260225.82d7c79 latest | 2026-02-25 | 82d7c79 | 2,903 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260211.97128c0 | 2026-02-11 | 97128c0 | 2,063 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260211.c697bde | 2026-02-11 | c697bde | 2,063 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2903 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
cursor/plugins · 15,125 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zgr3gvz2g3euqfyg GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cursor/plugins/create-plugin-scaffold GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b1ca0ef8398d957c59c1ab8c34527fd53120de51318af33ef61acab7961c9b46
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.