# Cloud Agent: Option+skill does not enable Custom mode (e.g. /poteto-mode)

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/cloud-agent-option-skill-does-not-enable-custom-mode-e-g-poteto-mode/177690>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** skills, cloud-agents\
**Created:** [November 8, 2026, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cloud-agent-option-skill-does-not-enable-custom-mode-e-g-poteto-mode/177690 "2026-11-08T05:31:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cloud-agent-option-skill-does-not-enable-custom-mode-e-g-poteto-mode/177690/6 "2026-11-08T11:37:06Z")

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Hi @Ofer_Morag_Brin, this is a known issue the team is aware of. On Cloud, Use as Mode currently only pins skills that live in the repo the agent is working on. Skills installed from the marketplace, like poteto-mode, show the Option+Enter hint, but Cloud doesn’t take them as a mode yet.

In the meantime, a couple of options on Cloud:

1. Copy the skill into the repo so it becomes a repo skill: put its SKILL.md at `.cursor/skills/poteto-mode/SKILL.md`, commit and push, then start a new Cloud run on that branch. Use as Mode should pin it from there.
2. Start each message with `/poteto-mode` and press Enter (not Option+Enter). That attaches the skill to that one message.

Local agents aren’t affected, as you found.

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