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Plugins package the rest for distribution

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Plugins package the rest for distribution

A pluginA Cursor marketplace package that bundles MCP servers and skills (sometimes sub-agents and hooks); one click installs all of it into your Cursor instance. Press Enter for the full definition. bundles subagents, skills, hooks and rules into one installable unit that works across both the IDE and the CLI. It is how a team ships a shared agent setup instead of asking everyone to hand-copy config.

  • Bundle: a single pluginA Cursor marketplace package that bundles MCP servers and skills (sometimes sub-agents and hooks); one click installs all of it into your Cursor instance. Press Enter for the full definition. can carry all six primitives at once - rules, skills, sub-agents, commands, MCPModel Context Protocol. A standard that lets an AI agent pull in context from outside the repo, like Jira tickets or internal docs. Press Enter for the full definition. servers AND hooks - from multiple providers, so one install brings many capabilities.
  • Portable: the same pluginA Cursor marketplace package that bundles MCP servers and skills (sometimes sub-agents and hooks); one click installs all of it into your Cursor instance. Press Enter for the full definition. applies in the editor and the CLI, so workflows stay identical across surfaces.
  • Distributable: a team installs once and inherits the conventions, tools and procedures the author baked in; orgs can publish private team marketplaces from a manifest.
  • Readable to learn: everything in a pluginA Cursor marketplace package that bundles MCP servers and skills (sometimes sub-agents and hooks); one click installs all of it into your Cursor instance. Press Enter for the full definition. except the MCPModel Context Protocol. A standard that lets an AI agent pull in context from outside the repo, like Jira tickets or internal docs. Press Enter for the full definition. server is visible, so browsing the marketplace is a great way to study well-written skills, sub-agents and hooks.