Cursor Skill

What is a Cursor Skill?

Cursor Skills are specialized instructions that extend your AI assistant's capabilities. The MCP Factory skill enables your Cursor agent to launch and manage automated campaigns directly from your IDE.

Installation

Option 1: Global Skill

Create a file at ~/.cursor/skills/mcpfactory/SKILL.md:

# MCP Factory Skill

Use this skill to launch automated sales and marketing campaigns.

## Available MCPs
- @mcpfactory/sales-outreach - Cold email campaigns
- @mcpfactory/influencer-pitch - Influencer outreach
- @mcpfactory/journalist-pitch - Press outreach

## Usage
When the user asks to launch a campaign, outreach, or 
generate leads, use the appropriate MCP Factory tool.

## Configuration
Ensure MCPFACTORY_API_KEY is set in your MCP config.

## Example Prompts
- "Launch a cold email campaign for acme.com"
- "Find influencers in the fitness niche and pitch them"
- "Get me press coverage for our product launch"

Option 2: Project Skill

Create a .cursor/skills/mcpfactory/SKILL.md in your project root for project-specific configuration.

MCP Configuration

Add to your .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sales-outreach": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@mcpfactory/sales-outreach"],
      "env": {
        "MCPFACTORY_API_KEY": "mcpf_live_xxxx"
      }
    },
    "influencer-pitch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@mcpfactory/influencer-pitch"],
      "env": {
        "MCPFACTORY_API_KEY": "mcpf_live_xxxx"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example Prompts

Sales Outreach

"Launch a cold email campaign for our startup acme.com.
Target: CTOs at SaaS companies with 50-200 employees.
Budget: $15/day max, run for 7 days.
Send me daily reports at founders@acme.com."

Influencer Pitch

"Find fitness influencers with 10k-100k followers on Instagram.
Pitch them our new protein powder with a collaboration offer.
Budget: $20/day, weekly reports."

Check Campaign Status

"What's the status of my sales campaign?
How many emails sent, opened, replied?"

Pause/Resume

"Pause my sales outreach campaign, we're at capacity."

"Resume the campaign, we can handle more leads now."

Best Practices

1. Be specific about your target audience - The more details you provide, the better the results
2. Always set budget limits - Prevent unexpected BYOK costs
3. Start with a trial - Run 3-5 days first to validate results
4. Check stats regularly - Ask for campaign performance updates

Troubleshooting

MCP not found

Ensure the MCP is installed and your mcp.json is correctly configured. Restart Cursor after changes.

API key errors

Verify your MCPFACTORY_API_KEY is valid at dashboard.mcpfactory.org/settings.

BYOK key missing

Configure required BYOK keys in your dashboard before launching campaigns.