Skill profile
create-plugin
Meta-workflow for scaffolding a marketplace-ready Cursor plugin — manifest, skills, rules, agents, and commands together — plus a pre-submission quality check.
What it actually does
- Scaffolds a new plugin directory with manifest, components, and repository wiring (`create-plugin-scaffold`), then runs a pre-submission quality check against marketplace expectations (`review-plugin-submission`).
- Bundles a `plugin-architect` agent that helps design the plugin's structure and component mix for a concrete use case, plus a `plugin-quality-gates` rule that keeps manifests and paths valid.
When to use it — and when not to
Use it when
- You're building a whole Cursor plugin — multiple skills, agents, rules, or commands together — not just one skill.
Not for
- You only need one skill authored — `/create-skill` is the right scope for that, without the plugin-level scaffolding.
Agent compatibility
- Cursor
Cursor-native — scaffolds Cursor's own plugin.json/skills/rules/agents/commands format.
Confirmed means the skill’s own source or vendor states it works with that agent. Portable means it only reaches that agent through the shared SKILL.md format and a directory convention — real, but a weaker claim. An agent with no entry here isn’t known to be unsupported; it simply isn’t documented either way, so nothing is claimed. Full model on Agent Skills Compatibility.
Related skills
- /create-skillSame job at a smaller scope — `/create-skill` writes one skill; this scaffolds a whole plugin around several.
Evidence and provenance
Maintained by Cursor (official). Primary source: cursor/plugins — create-plugin, last checked against this page’s claims on . This page summarizes and analyzes that source — it isn’t a copy of its SKILL.md or README, and installation happens at the source, not here.