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Cursor Directory: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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Cursor plugins, and an MCP server counts as one.

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Cursor Directory homepage
Eligibility

Who Cursor Directory accepts

You need
Something a Cursor user installs: an MCP server, a rule, a skill, an agent, a hook, an LSP server or a command
A Google or GitHub account
You'll be rejected if
A product with nothing to install into an editor, since the listing is a config block rather than a description
Developer toolsMCP serversAI tools
What you actually get
A plugin page at /plugins/<name> with a dofollow homepage link, once an automated security agent has read the config you submitted. Until it passes, the page exists and says it is unpublished and hidden from the directory.

How to submit to Cursor Directory

  1. Sign in
    Google or GitHub, on a page that appears the moment you open the submit URL.
  2. Pick a lane
    Auto reads a public GitHub repo and fills the form from it. Manual is the other tab and needs no repo at all.
  3. Describe the plugin
    Name, description, optional logo, repository, homepage and keywords.
  4. Add a component
    Pick the type, name it, and paste the content. For an MCP server that content is the config block a client would take.
  5. Publish
    The page is created immediately and held hidden while an automated security agent reads what you pasted.

Cursor Directory requirements

Component content
the config block itself, pasted, not a link to it
Logo
optional image upload

Gotchas

The listing is a config block, not a description: whatever you paste is what a Cursor user will be told to install, so it has to be correct rather than persuasive.
The page goes live only after an automated security agent has read it, and no window is published for that.
The Auto lane wants a public GitHub repo. A closed-source product has to use the Manual tab, which is a separate control rather than a fallback.

Let your agent submit to Cursor Directory

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Cursor Directory playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.

What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 3 Cursor Directory rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 2 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Types it into Cursor Directory in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to Cursor Directory?".
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Cursor Directory FAQ

How long does Cursor Directory approval take?
Cursor Directory does not publish how long approval takes.
How much does it cost to submit to Cursor Directory?
Submitting to Cursor Directory is free.
Does Cursor Directory give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Cursor Directory carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 71.
Does Cursor Directory require a backlink to your site?
No, Cursor Directory does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Cursor Directory?
A product with nothing to install into an editor, since the listing is a config block rather than a description.