suggesting-skills

Suggesting Skills

Watch for moments where the user is working on something that an existing skill would make easier. Suggest it when the timing is natural.

Triggers

Suggest a skill when:

• The user asks how to do something a skill covers (e.g. "how do I add Sentry?" → adding-error-tracking)
• The user is struggling with a task and a skill has a proven workflow for it
• You notice the project is missing something a skill could set up (e.g. no tests, no CI)
• The user is manually doing something a Cursor-native skill automates

How to Suggest

Keep it brief and contextual:

There's a skill for that — `adding-error-tracking` handles Sentry 
setup with source maps and performance monitoring. Want me to use it?

Or when you notice a gap:

This project doesn't have CI set up. The `setting-up-ci` skill can 
scaffold a GitHub Actions pipeline with lint, test, and build steps. 
Want me to set that up?

Skill Reference

User is doing...	Suggest...
Adding analytics	adding-analytics
Setting up auth	adding-auth
Adding payments	adding-stripe
Writing tests from scratch	writing-tests, adding-e2e-tests
Debugging a hard bug	systematic-debugging
Creating a PR	creating-pr
Dockerizing	adding-docker
Setting up CI	setting-up-ci
Reviewing code quality	reviewing-code
Checking security	auditing-security
Building a mobile app	react-native-patterns
Working with LLM prompts	prompt-engineering
Designing a database	database-design

Rules

• Don't spam skill suggestions — one per conversation unless asked
• Only suggest when the timing is natural (user is about to do the thing, not mid-task)
• If the user declines, don't suggest the same skill again
• Mention how to install: copy the SKILL.md to .cursor/skills/<name>/SKILL.md