# Cursor 2.5: Plugins **URL:** \ **Category:** Release Discussions\ **Tags:** marketplace, mcp, skills, hooks, subagents\ **Created:** [February 17, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124 "2026-02-17T18:53:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/1 "2026-02-17T18:53:55Z")
_New in Cursor! · [Full changelog](https://cursor.com/changelog/2-5) · [Main announcement](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins-and-async-subagents/152123/2)_ * * * You can now discover and install plugins from the [Cursor Marketplace](https://cursor.com/marketplace) to extend Cursor with pre-built capabilities. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/4/e/4e2c69e3da5008ab60107818fbb8205bfb1d9b18.jpeg) Plugins package skills, subagents, MCP servers, hooks, and rules into a single install. Browse plugins at [https://cursor.com/marketplace](https://cursor.com/marketplace) or install directly in the editor with `/add-plugin`! Our initial partners include Amplitude, AWS, Figma, Linear, Stripe, and more, covering workflows across design, databases, payments, analytics, and deployment. If your team already uses these tools, plugins give agents native access to them without writing custom skills from scratch. Read more on our [blog](https://cursor.com/blog/marketplace)! **We’d love your feedback!** - Which plugins are you most excited to try, and what integrations are you hoping to see next? - How does the install experience feel? - If you’re a tool author, are you interested in building plugins for the Marketplace? If you’ve found a bug, please post it in [Bug Reports](https://forum.cursor.com/c/support/bug-report/6) instead, so we can track and address it properly, but also feel free to drop a link to it in this thread for visibility. ---
**Author:** ![ryuichi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ryuichi/32/98608_2.png) [@ryuichi](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ryuichi)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/3 "2026-02-17T19:49:03Z")
This is really exciting. Very much looking forward to the private team marketplaces mentioned in “[Coming soon](https://cursor.com/blog/marketplace#coming-soon)” too! That’ll help us easily co-develop agent capabilities within a team to accelerate development in a specific context, and doing that with even other tool users (eg. Claude Code). ---
**Author:** ![Sashko\_Stubailo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Sashko\_Stubailo](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Sashko_Stubailo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/4 "2026-02-18T00:48:37Z")
Is there a way to use plugins with the Cursor Cloud agent? On the documentation here: [Plugins | Cursor Docs](https://cursor.com/docs/plugins) it says “They work across the IDE, CLI, and Cloud.” but I tried installing the Slack plugin and it doesn’t seem that the cloud agent has access to it. ---
**Author:** ![PizzaConsole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@PizzaConsole](https://forum.cursor.com/u/PizzaConsole)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/6 "2026-02-18T01:18:58Z")
How do you develop the plugins locally? ---
**Author:** ![TristanMeridian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TristanMeridian](https://forum.cursor.com/u/TristanMeridian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/7 "2026-02-18T01:39:39Z")
As a developer I do really want to develop a plugin. My only question is, as the guy said above, how do we develop it locally so I can test it as the actual plugin and not just like rules and all, or do those work identically? I just built out an MCP for my niche so this is the perfect next step, especially with the rules and sub-agents being able to all be bundled in one ---
**Author:** ![BaruchBeWith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/baruchbewith/32/17882_2.png) [@BaruchBeWith](https://forum.cursor.com/u/BaruchBeWith)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/8 "2026-02-18T08:53:05Z")
Me too, I have a team-shared plugin, which is actually a repository with a bash script to copy files into the developer `~/.cursor` folder. I need a way to define it as a plugin and install it on the developer IDE without getting Marketplace approval ---
**Author:** ![Henrik24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Henrik24](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Henrik24)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/9 "2026-02-18T10:30:14Z")
It looks like a big oportunity so far, i’m very interested i how this will evolve in the future. One thing i find confusing is the skills, rules etc. shown in the cursor settings tab. it doesn’t tell me where these originate from when i’m in the ‘all’ view. it would be nice to see if, for example, a skill is sourced from a plugin and which plugin it’s from. makes managing them in combination with project and user documents easier. ---
**Author:** ![eilone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/eilone/32/22351_2.png) [@eilone](https://forum.cursor.com/u/eilone)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/10 "2026-02-18T16:07:40Z")
In the comment I spot a motive of “requesting support for internal/custom plugins” I wish to flag that, as our org have a private repo for centralizing plugins and skills, and it’s **supported by claude code** via `/plugin marketplace add myOwner/myRepo` **even though it’s a private repo** (uses my authorized gh cli, locally) I wish to support that in cursor as well, so we can install and manage internal plugins, natively, without .sh copy-paste scripts ---
**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/11 "2026-02-18T17:12:28Z")
Hey @PizzaConsole, @TristanMeridian, and @BaruchBeWith For plugin scaffolding, there’s actually a plugin for that! > **[Cursor - Create Plugin Plugin](https://cursor.com/marketplace/cursor/create-plugin)** > > Built to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best way to code with AI. As for local testing, I’m following up on that. ---
**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/12 "2026-02-18T23:43:50Z")
Split this topic on February 18, 2026, 11:43pm UTC A post was split to a new topic: [Unable to access plugin skills in Cursor](https://forum.cursor.com/t/unable-to-access-plugin-skills-in-cursor/152232) ---
**Author:** ![jamesbraza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/jamesbraza/32/67352_2.png) [@jamesbraza](https://forum.cursor.com/u/jamesbraza)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/13 "2026-02-18T21:49:52Z")
I see [Cursor - Marketplace](https://cursor.com/marketplace) for Cursor-made plugins. Where are community-made plugins, is there a marketplace for third party plugins? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Tran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@An\_Tran](https://forum.cursor.com/u/An_Tran)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/14 "2026-02-19T03:12:35Z")
@Colin In Claude Code, we can add custom marketplaces. Our team is using it to distribute our own skills and plugins. Are we able to do the same with Cursor? I don’t find anywhere we can add custom marketplace in 2.5 ---
**Author:** ![saif\_shines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/saif_shines/32/2775_2.png) [@saif\_shines](https://forum.cursor.com/u/saif_shines)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/15 "2026-02-19T07:54:04Z")
> [@Colin](#): > > As for local testing, I’m following up on that. Same question. I built a plugins-bundle and now wondering how do I test it locally? ---
**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/16 "2026-02-19T13:16:20Z")
> [@An\_Tran](#): > > Our team is using it to distribute our own skills and plugins. Are we able to do the same with Cursor? I don’t find anywhere we can add custom marketplace in 2.5 We’re working on private team marketplaces so organizations can share plugins internally with central governance and security controls. It’s coming soon! ---
**Author:** ![user818](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/779978/32.png) [@user818](https://forum.cursor.com/u/user818)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/17 "2026-02-19T18:03:53Z")
> [@Colin](#): > > As for local testing, I’m following up on that. same - wondering how i can have fully local plugins and have cursor discover them. ---
**Author:** ![smann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@smann](https://forum.cursor.com/u/smann)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/18 "2026-02-20T13:24:18Z")
Any news on the local testing? ---
**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/19 "2026-03-04T20:16:08Z")
> [@Colin](#): > > We’re working on private team marketplaces so organizations can share plugins internally with central governance and security controls. It’s coming soon! And they’re here! > [@Cursor 2.6: Team Marketplaces for Plugins](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-6-team-marketplaces-for-plugins/153484): > > New in Cursor! · [Full changelog](https://cursor.com/changelog/2-6) · [Main announcement](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-6-mcp-apps-and-team-marketplaces-for-plugins/153479/2) Admins on Teams and Enterprise plans can now create team marketplaces to share private plugins internally! How it works: [Team marketplaces](https://cursor.com/docs/plugins#team-marketplaces) let you import a GitHub repository of plugins and distribute them to your team. Go to Dashboard → Settings → Plugins, click Import under Team Marketplaces, paste a GitHub repo URL, and review the parsed plugins. Admins can also set Team Access groups to control who sees what, then name and save the marke… ---
**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/20 "2026-03-10T17:20:41Z")
Closing this thread since it has been a while since this was announced. Any new questions, or loose ends from this thread should be filed as new reports in the appropriate forum category! ---
**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-5-plugins/152124/21 "2026-03-10T17:20:43Z")
Closed on March 10, 2026, 5:20pm UTC