Official agent skill

Dyl Mode

by cursor in cursor/plugins

Dylan's agent style on top of pstack: concise verified delivery, root causes over symptom patches, The Algorithm before design, plain /bro replies, live UI proof, reuse/simplify, and hard merge gates.

OfficialNo licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Dyl Mode

skills CLI
$ npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill dyl-mode -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install cursor/plugins dyl-mode --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cursor/plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/dyl-stack/skills/dyl-mode .claude/skills/dyl-mode && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
dyl-mode
GitHub stars
10k
Token cost
~1.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
899 words
Files
5 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
99
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Dylan's agent style on top of pstack: concise verified delivery, root causes over symptom patches, The Algorithm before design, plain /bro replies, live UI proof, reuse/simplify, and hard merge gates.

  • Works in 4 steps: Open a todolist. Item 1: read the… → Match a playbook. Copy its steps into… → Apply the shared non-negotiable triggers… → …
  • Tasks that involve Pull requests
  • SKILL.md covers Sibling skills (this plugin), Shared machinery (do not…, Non-negotiables and Subagents and process (Dylan…
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Dyl Mode is an agent skill from cursor/plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Dylan's agent style on top of pstack: concise verified delivery, root causes over symptom patches, The Algorithm before design, plain /bro replies, live UI proof, reuse/simplify, and hard merge gates. Use for Dylan, /dyl-mode, or his style. "Get PR green" → /dyl-ready-pr. "Review this PR like me" → /dyl-review. Figma URL → /build-figma.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including reference files (for example `playbooks/bug-fix.md`, `playbooks/feature.md` and `playbooks/opening-a-pr.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Pull requests and Root cause analysis. It works with Figma. The repository describes itself as: Cursor plugin specification and official plugins.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Pull requests
  • Tasks that involve Root cause analysis

Example prompts

  • “Get PR green”
  • “Review this PR like me”
  • “/dyl-mode”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Open a todolist. Item 1: read the Principles section of pstack's poteto-mode in full. Cite each principle you apply with the concrete…
  2. Match a playbook. Copy its steps into the todolist before any bespoke plan. Skipped step → skip: .
  3. Apply the shared non-negotiable triggers from that same file (how, architect, classify-before-ask, unslop, deslop, Babysit, Shipping…
  4. Apply Dylan gates below. They win on conflict.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9f451cf. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Dyl Mode loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 87 tokens; SKILL.md has 899 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~87
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.7k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 899 words (~1,721 tokens).

“Thin router over pstack's poteto-mode. Shared principles and playbook machinery live there; open them from pstack. Dylan gates win on conflict.”

— opening of SKILL.md by cursor
name
dyl-mode
disable-model-invocation
true
mode
true
icon
verified
color
blue
reminder
New task? Playbook match or rigor needed -> apply /dyl-mode. Casual turn or user opts out -> don't.

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in dyl-stack/skills/dyl-mode of cursor/plugins.

  • SKILL.md
  • playbooks/bug-fix.md
  • playbooks/feature.md
  • playbooks/opening-a-pr.md
  • references/requirements.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9f451cf

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TriageSethGammon/Citadel922—~2.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Dyl Mode

What does Dyl Mode do?

Dylan's agent style on top of pstack: concise verified delivery, root causes over symptom patches, The Algorithm before design, plain /bro replies, live UI proof, reuse/simplify, and hard merge gates. Dyl Mode is an agent skill from cursor/plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Dylan's agent style on top of pstack: concise verified delivery, root causes over symptom patches, The Algorithm before design, plain /bro replies, live UI proof, reuse/simplify, and hard merge gates.

When should I use Dyl Mode?

Dyl Mode fits situations like: tasks that involve Pull requests; tasks that involve Root cause analysis.

How do I install Dyl Mode in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill dyl-mode -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (dyl-stack/skills/dyl-mode in cursor/plugins) into .claude/skills/dyl-mode in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Dyl Mode in Codex?

Run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill dyl-mode -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (dyl-stack/skills/dyl-mode in cursor/plugins) into .agents/skills/dyl-mode in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Dyl Mode in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill dyl-mode -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/dyl-mode, .gemini/skills/dyl-mode, .github/skills/dyl-mode and .opencode/skills/dyl-mode in your project.

What does Dyl Mode need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Dyl Mode is instructions for the agent only.

Does Dyl Mode access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Dyl Mode safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Dyl Mode use?

No licence was found for Dyl Mode or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Dyl Mode use?

About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 243 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Dyl Mode?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Dyl Mode: Om Auto Fix Issue (go-musicfox/go-musicfox, 2.6k stars), Reviewing Pull Requests (Shopify/shopify-app-js, 543 stars), Issue Brief (VasiHemanth/tokentelemetry, 376 stars) and Issue Tracer (ZaxbyHub/opencode-swarm, 488 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Dyl Mode?

cursor (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in cursor/plugins, which has 10,130 GitHub stars. The repository holds 99 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: cursor/plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.