Set up Gmail out-of-office auto-replies with custom messages and date ranges.
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Enables vacation responder with customizable subject line, plain-text response body, and optional contact/domain restrictions
Supports three core operations: enable auto-reply, verify current settings, and disable when returning
Requires the gws-gmail skill as a dependency
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Before installing skills in Cursor, ensure your development environment meets these requirements:
node --versionrecipe-create-vacation-responderExecute the skills CLI command in your project's root directory to begin installation:
Fetches recipe-create-vacation-responder from googleworkspace/cli and configures it for Cursor.
The CLI shows a list of agents. Use arrow keys and space to select Cursor:
Confirm successful installation by checking the skill directory location:
Restart Cursor to activate recipe-create-vacation-responder. Access via /recipe-create-vacation-responder in your agent's command palette.
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Create detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and feature specs
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Generate user stories for 'password reset feature' with acceptance criteria, edge cases, and test scenarios
Reduce spec writing time by 50%, ensure comprehensive coverage
Research competitors, compare features, identify gaps
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Analyze 5 competitor products, create feature comparison matrix, suggest differentiation opportunities
Complete competitive research in 2 hours instead of 2 days
Evaluate features using frameworks (RICE, ICE, Kano) and create prioritized backlogs
Example
Score 20 feature ideas using RICE framework, generate prioritized roadmap with rationale
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Make data-driven prioritization decisions faster
Draft PRDs, status updates, and stakeholder presentations
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Create executive summary of Q3 roadmap, monthly progress report, feature launch announcement
Save 3-5 hours/week on communication overhead
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Time Estimate
30-60 minutes to see productivity improvements
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Use for user story writing, competitive research, roadmap prioritization, stakeholder communication, and PRD drafting. Best for reducing repetitive documentation and research work.
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Avoid for strategic product vision (requires deep customer empathy), pricing decisions (needs market and financial expertise), or when face-to-face customer discovery is more valuable than speed.
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recipe-create-vacation-responder has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
I recommend recipe-create-vacation-responder for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.
recipe-create-vacation-responder reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: recipe-create-vacation-responder is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
Useful defaults in recipe-create-vacation-responder — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
recipe-create-vacation-responder fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
recipe-create-vacation-responder is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
Useful defaults in recipe-create-vacation-responder — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
We added recipe-create-vacation-responder from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.
recipe-create-vacation-responder is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
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