/plugin

Manages plugins and plugin marketplaces.

/plugin manages plugins and marketplaces: add a marketplace by git URL (/plugin marketplace add), browse, install, and uninstall plugins by scope. Plugin skills, slash commands, subagents, and MCP servers all load into the session.

✅ WHEN TO USE IT?

Add a team marketplace

/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/team/cursor-plugins

Install a plugin for just this one project

/plugin — select the plugin, set scope to 'Project'

⛔ WHEN NOT TO?

Just testing a locally sitting plugin folder, no marketplace

Going through a marketplace entry for that isn't necessary.

Better: Use --plugin-dir <path> at startup

Plugins should be centrally mandated for the whole team

/plugin is local, per-user interactive management.

Better: Set team-wide plugin configuration via Cursor's admin settings

SOURCES

Cursor Docs — Slash Commands ↗ cursor.com