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24 alternatives to cursor-claude-persona

38 AI persona packs for Claude Code, Cursor & VS Code.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   Cursor 2.0▲957

   Our first coding model and new interface for agents

   Oct 2025 · cursor.com · its alternatives →

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   Cursor for Userscripts▲56

   I’ve been experimenting with embedding an Claude Code/Cursor-style coding agent directly into the browser. At a high level, the agent generates and maintains userscripts and CSS that are re-applied on page load. Rather than just editing DOM via JS in console the agent is treating the page, and the DOM as a file. The models are often trained in RL sandboxes with full access to the filesystem and bash, so they are really good at using it. So to make the agent behave well, I've simulated this environment. The whole state of a page and scripts is implemented as a virtual filesystem hacked…

   Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A plain-text cognitive architecture for Claude Code▲157

   One memory, not one per tool. Cog gives AI agents a shared, structured memory layer using plain-text files — portable across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Copilot, and more.

   Mar 2026 · lab.puga.com.br · its alternatives →

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   Agent Skills▲190

   Curated agent-skills: 1,000+ practical skills selected from 63,000+ GitHub skills. Filter by newest/hot/installs. Works with Claude Code, Codex, ChatGPT, and Cursor.

   Mar 2026 · agentskill.sh · its alternatives →

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   Doing▲135

   Voice and visual context for AI builders. No subscription.

   Apr 2026 · doing.tools · its alternatives →

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   slicer.dev▲164

   Copy interactive web components as AI prompts

   Mar 2026 · slicer.dev · its alternatives →

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   Claude-Mem▲115

   AI agent memory, everywhere. claude-mem is open-source memory for Claude Code; cmem links it to any MCP client — Cursor, Codex, more — via one private link.

   Dec 2025 · cmem.ai · its alternatives →

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   AgentQuartz▲94

   Claude & Cursor usage in your macOS menu bar

   Jul 2026 · agentquartz.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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   Context Sync▲95

   Persistent AI memory across Claude Desktop & Cursor IDE

   Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Prompt Coder▲120

    Cursor, Windsurf, Claude, Prompt, Code Generation

    2025 · code.lucids.top · its alternatives →

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    Retain – A unified knowledge base for all your AI coding conversations▲45

    Hey HN! I built Retain as the evolution of claude-reflect (github.com/BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect). The original problem: I use Claude Code/Codex daily for coding, plus claude.ai and ChatGPT occasionally. Every conversation contains decisions, corrections, and patterns I forget existed weeks later. I kept re-explaining the same preferences. claude-reflect was a CLI tool that extracted learnings from Claude Code sessions. Retain takes this further with a native macOS app that: - Aggregates conversations from Claude Code, claude.ai, ChatGPT, and Codex CLI - Instant full-text…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Cursor AI Rules Directory (Open Source)▲51

    While Cursor has already revolutionized coding, you can still configure it to perform even better based on your language and framework. That's why we created Cursor Directory, a collection of the best cursor rules for your framework and language from the community. It's fully open source and you can contribute to it by submitting your own rules. Just copy and add a .cursorrules file to your project root! Let me know what you think!

    2024 · cursor.directory · its alternatives →

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    Cortex▲2

    Persistent memory layer for AI coding tools (Claude, Cursor)

    Jun 2026 · cortex-vercel-omega.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    GetSkills▲10

    3,000+ AI skills for Claude, Cursor & ChatGPT

    May 2026 · getskillsai.org · its alternatives →

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    CrossPost AI Dev Tools▲2

    Stop fighting your AI coding tools

    May 2026 · crosspost-ai-nu.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Open-Source GTM Skills for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor▲8

    We built an open-source library of 125 GTM (go-to-market) skills that plug into AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. With these skills an AI agent can automatically: - Find ICP leads from conference speakers, LinkedIn activity, or job boards - Generate personalized cold email sequences - Monitor competitor blogs, pricing pages, and hiring signals - Generate programmatic SEO pages from keyword lists - Track where your brand appears in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude answers --- How skills work Each skill is a structured markdown file containing instructions, scripts, and tool…

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Claude.vim – a different take on AI pair programming▲11

    I explored how I can use AI when writing software beyond code completion, and I didn't like any of the UX I saw (maybe except Cursor). Well, I do all my work in vim. Claude knows how to use vim! And... you can do anything(!) from vim. Turns out, embedding Claude in vim means you get a fully agentic AI pair programmer in <1000 LoC. (See the GitHub README for examples of what "fully agentic" means.) And if you have some semantic vim tools (jedi.vim, eclim, ...) set up, Claude could use them if instructed. Unlike CLIs, you can review Claude's changes, and keep the chat history. So an editor…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Ward▲5

    Catches bugs in AI-generated code before you ship

    Jan 2026 · ward-eight.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Archly▲17

    Production-ready prompts for Lovable, Cursor & Claude Code

    Jul 2026 · archly.online · its alternatives →

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    Web to AI▲6

    Analyze, import any website components to cursor or claude

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    100cc - Roll your own Claude in 100 lines▲10

    Roll up your own claude code with 100 lines. Contribute to yujqiao/100cc development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tiny pixel characters for Cursor AI agents▲16

    Turn your Cursor AI agents into tiny pixel characters who live in a cozy cafe, reacting, assisting, and keeping you company while you work. - wunderlabs-dev/cursouls

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Slides AI Plugin▲7

    Turn any idea into a full presentation from a single prompt

    Apr 2026 · proyecto26.com · its alternatives →

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    Recreated Claude Code's behavior in 280 lines of Python▲5

    The magic in AI coding assistants isn't the code -- it's the prompts. I studied the externally observable behavior of Claude Code and recreated it from scratch in Python with the exact same behaviors. It works with any model -- OpenAI, Gemini, Claude. What's surprising: 1. You can keep the core agent really simple, just 280 lines of Python. As long as it supports hooks, custom sub-agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP), then all the rest of the coding-assistant-specific behavior and tools can be factored out into a separate MCP server. 2. The magic is in the prompts (1200 lines of…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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