# Cursor Delegate

Delegate a coding task to the Cursor Agent CLI (`cursor-agent`) as a background...

- Repository: https://github.com/amElnagdy/delegate-skills (2546 stars)
- Category: AI and agents
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-29
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill cursor-delegate -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill cursor-delegate -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill cursor-delegate -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill cursor-delegate -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Delegate a coding task to the Cursor Agent CLI (`cursor-agent`) as a background implementer, then review its diff and land it yourself. Use this whenever the user wants to hand implementation work to Cursor, phrasings like "have Cursor implement X", "delegate this to Cursor", "run it through Cursor Agent", or "use Cursor to implement/fix/refactor", or wants to run a queue of coding tasks through Cursor while staying the reviewer. DO NOT USE for tasks small enough to do inline, or when the user wants the code written directly without delegating.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Cursor Delegate

You are the **orchestrator**. Hand a bounded coding task to a separate **implementer**, the Cursor
Agent CLI, then review what it produced and land it yourself. You write the brief and own the
judgment; Cursor does the typing in its own session; you verify and commit.

The loop needs only a shell command and file access, so any comparable orchestrator can drive it.

## When NOT to use this

- The task is small enough to do inline; delegation overhead is not worth it.
- The `cursor-agent` CLI is not installed or authenticated (run `cursor-agent login`).
- You want to write the code yourself, or you only need Cursor's opinion on code you wrote (a
  `--read-only` dispatch covers that, see below, but a plain review may not need delegation at all).

## Prerequisites (check once)

1. `cursor-agent --version` succeeds. If not, follow the installer for your platform at
   [cursor.com/cli](https://cursor.com/cli), inspect what it will run, and authenticate with
   `cursor-agent login`.
2. `cursor-agent status` shows you logged in.
3. You are in (or will point `--cd` at) the target git repository. The relay passes `--trust`, so
   point it only at repositories you trust.

## Choose the model

Omitting `--model` uses your Cursor default (usually `auto`, Cursor picks). To pin one, pass
`--model <name>` with a name from the account's live `cursor-agent models` output, select from that
list rather than inventing a name. Parameterized forms like `<name>[context=1m,effort=high]` are
forwarded as-is. The model that actually served the run is recorded as `resolvedModel` in
`result.json`.

## The loop

Run these five steps per task. Steps 1, 4, and 5 require judgment; 2 and 3 are mechanical.

### 1. Write the brief

The rest: https://github.com/amElnagdy/delegate-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/cursor-delegate/SKILL.md