@cursor_ai: Cursor now supports Agent Plugins, an open standard for bundling skills and MCP servers for use across agents.
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Vercel and partners introduce Agent Plugins, an open standard for extending AI agents with skills and MCP servers, now supported by Cursor.
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Cursor now supports Agent Plugins, an open standard for bundling skills and MCP servers for use across agents.
https://t.co/avJch1Kblq
Vercel (@vercel): Introducing Agent Plugins, an open standard for extending agents.
Supports Agent Skills and MCP, with more to come.
Built in collaboration with: @awsdevelopers, @code, @cursor_ai, @github, and @openaidevs.
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