October 20, 2026 · 6 min read
Cursor plugins: what is inside one, explained
Cursor's plugin repo trended on GitHub this week. A plugin is one folder: rules, skills, agents, commands, hooks and MCP servers behind a manifest that only needs a name. What is in the 112-plugin official list, how review and team marketplaces work, and which parts carry over to other AI coding tools under the open Agent Plugins standard.



