Using Shipables skills with Cursor.

Cursor

Cursor is an AI-powered code editor. Shipables installs skills into Cursor's skills directory and configures MCP servers.

Detection

The CLI detects Cursor by checking for:

.cursor/ directory in the current project
~/.cursor/ directory in the home folder

File locations

Project-level (default)

Type	Path
Skill files	`.cursor/skills/<name>/`
MCP config	`.cursor/mcp.json`

Global (`--global`)

Type	Path
Skill files	`~/.cursor/skills/<name>/`
MCP config	`~/.cursor/mcp.json`

Install example

# Auto-detect
shipables install Chippers255/ai-commits

# Explicitly target Cursor
shipables install Chippers255/ai-commits --cursor

# Global install
shipables install Chippers255/ai-commits --cursor --global

MCP configuration

After installing a skill with MCP servers, your .cursor/mcp.json will include:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postgres": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-postgres"],
      "env": {
        "POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING": "postgresql://..."
      }
    }
  }
}

The key used is mcpServers.

Verifying installation

ls .cursor/skills/<name>/
cat .cursor/mcp.json
shipables doctor