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:
There's a skill for that — `adding-error-tracking` handles Sentry
setup with source maps and performance monitoring. Want me to use it?
Or when you notice a gap:
This project doesn't have CI set up. The `setting-up-ci` skill can
scaffold a GitHub Actions pipeline with lint, test, and build steps.
Want me to set that up?
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.mdto.cursor/skills/<name>/SKILL.md