Description
figure-it-out is an agent skill from Cursor's plugins collection for designing an auditable playbook when no narrower playbook fits: a large migration, an ambitious multi-part change, or work that a human will review after stepping away. Before any code, the deliverable is the workflow itself, a sequence of phases whose rigour scales with the task. The first phase, frame, requires the agent to state a falsifiable definition of done, to quantify the scope in rough units and effort, including the blockers grounding has surfaced, and to set a rigour level biased towards caution. One-way doors and high blast radius steps get more gates and artefacts, and reversible low-stakes steps get fewer; the skill describes rigour as gates and artefacts rather than trying harder. The agent presents the framing and tradeoffs before committing to a long run, while reversible work can proceed. The skill begins by reading the principles section of another skill, the poteto-mode skill, and it follows the scientific method with a decision trail a person can audit. It suits teams that have a large change with no existing template and want a plan they can check. It is listed on skills.sh, where the page shows install counts and GitHub stars for the Cursor plugins repository, and its security audits all pass. Install it with npx skills add https://github.com/cursor/plugins --skill figure-it-out.…
Highlights
- Designs a playbook for unfamiliar work
- Falsifiable definition of done
- Rigour scaled to blast radius
- Frame, then design the workflow
- Auditable decision trail
- Installs from skills.sh
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figure-it-out FAQ
When is this skill used?
When no narrower playbook matches, such as a large migration or a multi-part change a human will review later.
What is the first deliverable?
The workflow itself, a sequence of phases, before any code is written.
How is rigour decided?
Biased high for one-way doors and high blast radius, and lower for reversible low-stakes steps.
How do I install it?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/cursor/plugins --skill figure-it-out.
What are the security audit results?
skills.sh lists three audits: Gen Agent Trust Hub Pass, Socket Pass and Snyk Pass.
How popular is it?
The skill is part of the cursor/plugins repository, which has 11.4K GitHub stars.
What are the best figure-it-out alternatives?
Popular alternatives to figure-it-out include architect, principle-outcome-oriented-execution and plan-orchestrate. See all figure-it-out alternatives