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skills-map

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bigdata2211it-web/ai-skills-map

Cursor rule Cursor

Index/map of AI agent skills published under GitHub user bigdata2211it-web. For each skill: a link to its GitHub repo and a one-line description. Triggers on "what skills are there", "show me all skills", "give me the github link for skill X".

not rated 2 2mo ago A 60 tokens original MIT

karpathy-guidelines

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GYF0311/karpathy-code-principles-research

Cursor rule Cursor

Behavioral guidelines to reduce common LLM coding mistakes. Use when writing, reviewing, or refactoring code to avoid overcomplication, make surgical changes, surface assumptions, and define verifiable success criteria.

not rated 2 3mo ago A 571 tokens

use-subagents

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RexiaAI/CursorRules

Cursor rule Cursor

MANDATORY — delegate ALL tasks to subagents via the Task tool.

not rated 2 5mo ago A 364 tokens

langgraph-expert

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naoufalelh/cursor-langgraph-starter

Cursor rule Cursor

Expert guidelines for generating and modifying LangGraph.js workflows. Apply when working with graph state, nodes, edges, or workflow files.

not rated 2 8mo ago A 0 tokens

markmhendrickson/foundation

Cursor rule Cursor

Self-adaptive behavior improvement through post-intervention analysis and proactive rule/skill/hook suggestions. Load when analyzing agent behavior or suggesting rule/skill updates.

not rated 2 1mo ago A 31 tokens original MIT

meta-generator

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cmnemoi/cursor-rules

Cursor rule Cursor

Cursor rule "meta-generator" from cmnemoi/cursor-rules, covering rule template, steps, 1. structure, 2. frontmatter header and 3. rule content.

not rated 2 1y ago A 0 tokens original MIT

cursor-rules

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chickensintrees/ai-coding-rules

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Core rules for safe AI-assisted coding. Prevents data loss, wasted work, and over-engineering.

not rated 2 1mo ago A 823 tokens original MIT

auto-activation

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mikonos/cursor-skill-infra

Cursor rule Cursor

A rule that makes an agent read an automatically generated list of suggested skills and activate matching skills before answering. Skills are reusable instruction sets for particular kinds of work.

not rated 2 7mo ago A 424 tokens original MIT

orchestrator

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dasomel/oh-my-cursor

Cursor rule Cursor

You are running with oh-my-cursor, a multi-agent orchestration layer inspired by oh-my-claudecode.

not rated 2 6mo ago A 2,669 tokens original MIT

nanoagent-agent-guide

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aznikline/nanoagent

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Source-first guide to understanding AI agents — when the user wants to build, debug, or reason about an agent's internals (tool calling, memory, subagents, teams, compaction, safety), route them to the corresponding nanoagent chapter (100 lines of Python each).

not rated 2 2mo ago A 56 tokens original MIT

sod-cursor3-agents

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girdav01/SoD-AISLDC-Skills

Cursor rule Cursor

SoD enforcement for Cursor 3 Agent mode, Background Agents, and multi-agent workflows. Activated when using agent features, background tasks, or parallel agent execution.

not rated 2 5mo ago A 32 tokens

cursor-first-turn

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stlwolf/ai-development-hub

Cursor rule Cursor

First-turn protocol for Cursor Composer 2.5. Asserts tool capability, expands fragmented voice input, classifies output mode, and routes wall-bounce / plan requests to the cursor-kickoff skill.

not rated 2 3d ago A 377 tokens

swamr-orchestrator

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Vedthakar/swamr

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Swamr Orchestrator — autonomous agent swarm that builds entire projects. Invoke with @swamr-orchestrator followed by what you want built. Decomposes into tasks, selects specialist agents, runs dev↔QA loops, and delivers production-ready code.

not rated 2 2mo ago A 54 tokens original MIT

agent-harness

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kingoo123/agent-harness-skills

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Agent Harness Skills. Use when designing AI agents, tool contracts, context pipelines, permissions, verification loops, or multi-agent systems.

not rated 2 2mo ago A 26 tokens original MIT

doctorwhy

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AIHongDOU/DoctorWhy

Cursor rule Cursor

DoctorWhy, medical requirement prober. When a medical software requirement is vague, ask it clear with one small question at a time until both sides understand, then produce runnable code.

not rated 2 20d ago A 906 tokens original MIT

orchestrator

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ymhhh/cursor-implements

Cursor rule Cursor

A prompt library for coordinating coding roles such as planning, implementation, testing, review, verification, pull-request writing, and release management.

not rated 2 1mo ago A 38 tokens original MIT

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