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cursor-prod-checklist skill

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This skill guides you through a production readiness checklist for Cursor IDE, ensuring authentication, configuration, security, and team standards are met.

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---
name: "cursor-prod-checklist"
description: |
  Execute production readiness checklist for Cursor IDE setup. Triggers on "cursor production",
  "cursor ready", "cursor checklist", "optimize cursor setup". Use when working with cursor prod checklist functionality. Trigger with phrases like "cursor prod checklist", "cursor checklist", "cursor".
allowed-tools: "Read, Write, Edit, Bash(cmd:*)"
version: 1.0.0
license: MIT
author: "Jeremy Longshore <[email protected]>"
---

# Cursor Prod Checklist

## Overview

This skill provides a comprehensive production readiness checklist for Cursor IDE setup. It covers authentication, configuration, security, performance optimization, and team standards to ensure your Cursor environment is properly configured for professional use.

## Prerequisites

- Cursor IDE installed
- Project workspace ready for configuration
- Team alignment on coding standards
- Understanding of Cursor features and settings

## Instructions

1. Complete authentication and licensing setup
2. Create and configure .cursorrules file
3. Set up .cursorignore for indexing exclusions
4. Configure security and privacy settings
5. Verify all AI features working correctly
6. Document setup for team onboarding

## Output

- Production-ready Cursor configuration
- Optimized AI settings for project
- Security-compliant setup
- Documented team standards
- Maintenance schedule established

## Error Handling

See `{baseDir}/references/errors.md` for comprehensive error handling.

## Examples

See `{baseDir}/references/examples.md` for detailed examples.

## Resources

- [Cursor Setup Guide](https://cursor.com/docs/setup)
- [Enterprise Configuration](https://cursor.com/docs/enterprise)
- [Security Best Practices](https://cursor.com/security)

Overview

This skill executes a production readiness checklist for Cursor IDE setups to ensure projects are secure, performant, and team-ready. It guides you through authentication, configuration files, indexing exclusions, AI feature verification, and documentation so your Cursor environment meets professional standards. Use it to validate and optimize Cursor before shipping or scaling.

How this skill works

The skill inspects key areas of a Cursor workspace: authentication/licensing, .cursorrules and .cursorignore configuration, security/privacy settings, and AI feature integrations. It runs a checklist of verification steps, highlights missing or misconfigured items, and produces a concrete set of remediation actions. It also generates a compact onboarding summary and a suggested maintenance schedule.

When to use it

  • Preparing Cursor IDE for production deployment
  • Onboarding a team to a shared Cursor workspace
  • Auditing Cursor configuration for security and compliance
  • Optimizing Cursor AI features and indexing for performance
  • Before scaling projects or enabling enterprise features

Best practices

  • Enforce centralized authentication and validate license keys before user rollout
  • Keep .cursorignore minimal and focused to reduce indexing noise and speed up search
  • Store sensitive settings in environment variables or a secrets manager rather than repository files
  • Document .cursorrules and naming conventions in the repo README for new team members
  • Schedule periodic reviews of AI feature usage, billing, and permissions to avoid surprises

Example use cases

  • Run the checklist during a release sprint to verify Cursor settings and AI integrations
  • Audit a monorepo to create optimized .cursorignore entries and reduce indexing overhead
  • Prepare a new team workspace by confirming security controls and compiling onboarding docs
  • Tune Cursor AI features for a performance-sensitive project with large codebases
  • Create a maintenance plan that includes license validation, backups, and periodic security reviews

FAQ

What prerequisites are required to run the checklist?

Cursor IDE must be installed, the project workspace available, and the team aligned on coding standards and roles.

Does the skill modify files automatically?

By default it reports needed changes and recommended edits; implement automatic modifications only after review and with CI safeguards.