Hermes Agent (Nous Research) and Cursor (Anysphere) both adopt the open SKILL.md format, each with its own skills directory. The same skill installs into either with a different path.
| Hermes Agent | Cursor | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Nous Research | Anysphere |
| Form | Agent / CLI | AI editor (VS Code fork) |
| Skill location | ~/.hermes/skills/ (best-known) | .cursor/skills/ |
| Reads SKILL.md frontmatter | Yes | Yes |
| Install a skill | Copy into the skills dir | Drop into .cursor/skills/<slug>/ |
Both honor the open standard, so a well-written SKILL.md works on either. See skills for Hermes Agent and skills for Cursor — confirm the exact skills dir in each agent's docs, then install from the catalog.