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ref(cursor): Share .claude/skills symlink instead of .cursor/skills #23

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/agents/definitions/cursor.ts
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Expand Up @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ const cursor: AgentDefinition = {
id: "cursor",
displayName: "Cursor",
configDir: ".cursor",
skillsParentDir: ".cursor",
userSkillsParentDirs: [join(homedir(), ".cursor")],
skillsParentDir: ".claude",
userSkillsParentDirs: [join(homedir(), ".claude")],
mcp: {
filePath: ".cursor/mcp.json",
rootKey: "mcpServers",
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions src/agents/paths.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ describe("skill discovery paths", () => {
expect(agent.userSkillsParentDirs).toEqual([join(home, ".claude")]);
});

it("cursor needs project and user symlinks", () => {
it("cursor shares .claude skills symlink", () => {
const agent = getAgent("cursor")!;
expect(agent.skillsParentDir).toBe(".cursor");
expect(agent.userSkillsParentDirs).toEqual([join(home, ".cursor")]);
expect(agent.skillsParentDir).toBe(".claude");
expect(agent.userSkillsParentDirs).toEqual([join(home, ".claude")]);
});

// Agents that DO read .agents/skills/ natively need no symlinks
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions src/cli/commands/init.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ describe("runInit", () => {
expect(config.agents).toEqual(["claude", "cursor"]);
});

it("creates agent-specific symlinks when --agents is provided", async () => {
it("creates agent-specific symlinks when --agents is provided (cursor shares .claude)", async () => {
await runInit({ scope: resolveScope("project", dir), agents: ["claude", "cursor"] });

const claudeStat = await lstat(join(dir, ".claude", "skills"));
expect(claudeStat.isSymbolicLink()).toBe(true);
const cursorStat = await lstat(join(dir, ".cursor", "skills"));
expect(cursorStat.isSymbolicLink()).toBe(true);
// Cursor shares .claude/skills — no .cursor/skills symlink created
await expect(lstat(join(dir, ".cursor", "skills"))).rejects.toThrow();
});

it("rejects unknown agent IDs", async () => {
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions src/cli/commands/install.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ describe("runInstall", () => {
expect(result.installed).toContain("pdf");
});

it("creates agent-specific symlinks", async () => {
it("creates agent-specific symlinks (cursor shares .claude)", async () => {
await writeFile(
join(projectRoot, "agents.toml"),
`version = 1\nagents = ["claude", "cursor"]\n\n[[skills]]\nname = "pdf"\nsource = "git:${repoDir}"\n`,
Expand All @@ -182,11 +182,11 @@ describe("runInstall", () => {
const scope = resolveScope("project", projectRoot);
await runInstall({ scope });

const { lstat } = await import("node:fs/promises");
const { lstat, access } = await import("node:fs/promises");
const claudeStat = await lstat(join(projectRoot, ".claude", "skills"));
expect(claudeStat.isSymbolicLink()).toBe(true);
const cursorStat = await lstat(join(projectRoot, ".cursor", "skills"));
expect(cursorStat.isSymbolicLink()).toBe(true);
// Cursor shares .claude/skills — no .cursor/skills symlink created
await expect(access(join(projectRoot, ".cursor", "skills"))).rejects.toThrow();
});

it("writes MCP configs for declared agents", async () => {
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