The Problem:
- Microsoft recently removed the download option from marketplace.visualstudio.com, making it much harder for users of editors like Cursor to manually install extensions from .vsix files.
(there used to be a Download link under resources.)
The Solution:
- Open Visual Studio Code.
- Search for the extension in the sidebar.
- Click on the result to open it in a full window.
- Click the gear icon, and select ‘Download VSIX’ from the menu.
- Now you can use ‘Show and Run Commands’, ‘Extensions: Install from VSIX…’ from the search bar as usual in Cursor.
This might be common knowledge amongst experienced VSC users, but not those who started coding with Cursor.
Anyway, I was looking for a workaround myself so thought I’d share in case it helps anyone else… 