Personal marketplace added via Import from GitHub is never indexed (0 plugins, no error)

[nicobatalla]

Summary

In the Cursor desktop app, Customize → Plugins → Browse Marketplace → Add Marketplace → Import from GitHub creates a personal marketplace that is never indexed. The dialog loads for a moment, closes without an error, and no plugins appear anywhere. It reproduces with this repository (cursor/plugins) and with the template linked from the docs, so it does not depend on the manifest layout.

Environment

• Cursor 3.22.7 (stable), macOS arm64
• Personal account, no team

Steps to reproduce

1. Open Customize → Plugins → Browse Marketplace.
2. Choose Add Marketplace → Import from GitHub.
3. Enter https://github.com/cursor/plugins and confirm.

Expected

The marketplace appears under Personal with its plugins available to install, or the dialog shows an error.

Actual

• The dialog closes with no error and no plugin list.
• Nothing appears under Personal and no plugin can be installed.
• Nothing is cloned under ~/.cursor/plugins/marketplaces/.
• The client logs show no error.

What the server has

ListMarketplaces for my account shows one personal marketplace row per import attempt. Each has only name and gitUrl: there is no gitRef, lastIndexedAt or lastIndexedCommitSha, and ListMarketplacePlugins returns 0 plugins for them. Calling RefreshMarketplace on one returns no error and still indexes 0 plugins.

For comparison, personal marketplaces created through the automatic Claude Code marketplace import on the same account do have gitRef, lastIndexedAt and indexed plugins. That path calls RegisterMarketplaceAndPlugins with the parsed plugins. The Import from GitHub path appears to call AddMarketplace with only name and gitUrl, and nothing indexes the repository afterwards.

ParseGitHubRepoForPlugins parses the same repositories correctly (marketplace name, commit SHA, plugins with skills and MCP servers), so the server can read them.

Also reproduces with

• https://github.com/fieldsphere/cursor-team-marketplace-template (the example in the docs, which uses pluginRoot)
• https://github.com/dtwoai/plugins (plugin in a subdirectory, "source": "dtwo")

Related

• [TASK]: Make the Cursor app's GitHub import find the plugin ArefMozafari/pr-evidence#9 reports the same symptom: the marketplace entry is created with no gitRef or lastIndexedAt, and agent plugin marketplace update reports 0 plugins. That report attributes it to "source": "./", but the repositories above use subdirectory sources and fail the same way.

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks. This is a solid report, and it matches what the client does on the current build 3.23.x.

On the desktop side, the personal Import from GitHub flow only calls AddMarketplace with the name and git URL, then re-fetches the marketplace list. It never triggers parsing or indexing by itself, and it only errors if the new marketplace doesn't show up in the list at all. Since the empty row does appear, the dialog closes with no message, which is exactly what you saw. Whether the server indexes a personal marketplace after that is where it breaks, based on your ListMarketplaces and RefreshMarketplace results. I can't see that side from here, but your evidence is clear.

We have an open internal ticket for the silent import dialog, originally filed for repos missing marketplace.json. I've attached this report to it and noted that cursor/plugins, with a valid manifest, fails the same way, so the issue isn't the manifest. I don't have an ETA.

Workarounds that work today: run /add-plugin https://github.com/cursor/plugins from the chat input. That path parses the repo locally and registers the plugins. Or clone the repo and use Add Marketplace > Import from Disk.

[nicobatalla]

Yes, I can confirm that Add Marketplace > Import from Disk does work as expected! That's the fallback we are sending to our customers, but it would be nice if we can get the "Import from Github" option working as expected.

Thank you for the feedback!