Cursor Settings Manager
Modifies Cursor and VS Code user settings across platforms with safe JSON handling and preservation.
The Cursor Settings Manager skill enables Claude to safely inspect, update, and manage global editor configurations in Cursor and VS Code environments. By locating platform-specific settings.json files across macOS, Linux, and Windows, it translates natural-language preferences—such as tweaking font sizes, toggling format on save, adjusting themes, or setting auto-save behaviors—into properly structured configuration values while safeguarding existing settings, comments, and project-level configurations.
Key Features
01Cross-platform settings path detection for macOS, Linux, and Windows
02Clear distinction between user-level and workspace-level configurations
03Safe JSON read-and-modify pipeline preserving existing keys and comments
04Guidance on editor reloads and AI commit attribution routing
05Natural-language mapping for common editor, workbench, and file settings
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Use Cases
01Enabling automated code formatting and file save routines across global user settings
02Troubleshooting and configuring Cursor-specific AI settings and agent behavior
03Quickly updating developer preferences like tab sizes, themes, and font styling via natural language prompts