Cursor Install Auth

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Cursor authentication
• Cursor download

Example prompts

• “install cursor”
• “setup cursor”
• “cursor authentication”
• “/cursor-install-auth”

Requirements

• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Bash(cmd:*)

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Download the signed installer from the official site or approved software catalog.
2. 2Sign in through the organization-approved account or SSO flow and confirm the expected tenant.
3. 3Enable approved privacy/data controls before opening proprietary code, then import only reviewed settings and extensions.
4. 4Verify Tab and Chat with a non-sensitive sample project; escalate tenant mismatch to the administrator.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Write
  • Edit
  • Bash(cmd:*)

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • curl
  • brew
  • cursor

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

• Network

  Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

  • cursor.com
  • download.cursor.com

  Also links to:

  • docs.cursor.com

  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.

• Compatibility

  Designed for Claude Code

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Cursor Install Auth loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 574 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~56

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.6k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~1.8k

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

• NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:61

  sudo dpkg -i cursor.deb

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

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 574 words, ~1,589 tokens.

name

cursor-install-auth

description

Install Cursor IDE and configure authentication across macOS, Linux, and Windows. Triggers on "install cursor", "setup cursor", "cursor authentication", "cursor login", "cursor license", "cursor download".

allowed-tools

Read, Write, Edit, Bash(cmd:*)

compatibility

Designed for Claude Code

version

1.19.0

license

MIT

author

Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

tags

saas, cursor, authentication

# Option 1: Direct download
open https://cursor.com/download

# Option 2: Homebrew
brew install --cask cursor

# Download AppImage
curl -fSL https://download.cursor.com/linux/appImage/x64 -o cursor.AppImage
chmod +x cursor.AppImage
./cursor.AppImage

# Or via .deb (Debian/Ubuntu)
curl -fSL https://download.cursor.com/linux/deb/x64 -o cursor.deb
sudo dpkg -i cursor.deb

# Add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc
alias cursor='/path/to/cursor.AppImage'

[ ] Sign in and verify plan (cursor.com/settings)
[ ] Import VS Code settings (if applicable)
[ ] Set default shell: Cursor Settings > Terminal > Default Profile
[ ] Configure privacy mode: Cursor Settings > General > Privacy Mode
[ ] Set default AI model: Cursor Settings > Models
[ ] Verify Tab completions work: type code, see ghost text
[ ] Verify Chat works: Cmd+L, ask a question
[ ] Install missing extensions from Open VSX

© jeremylongshore, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/.curated/cursor-install-auth of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

• SKILL.md
• references/errors.md
• references/examples.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287