Cursor CLI does not load ./claude/skills

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor CLI

Describe the Bug

According to the docs Cursor also reads skills from the .claude/skills folder. It does using Cursor IDE but not when using the Cursor CLI

Steps to Reproduce

Place skills in ./claude/skills and use the /skills command in the CLI: skills are not loaded

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Cursor CLI 2026.03.11-6dfa30c

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

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Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue. The CLI still doesn’t correctly load skills from .claude/skills, even though everything works fine in the IDE.

Here’s a similar thread from another user, with confirmation from our team: Cursor CLI headless mode doesn't load skills from known locations

The team is aware of the issue.

As a workaround, you can try moving your skills to .cursor/skills (although this might still not work in the CLI due to a related discovery bug). Let me know if it helps.

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A post was merged into an existing topic: Cursor CLI headless mode doesn’t load skills from known locations