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Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by alwillis » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 6:02 AM UTC

irrationalfab wrote: post #59

wilg wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Think how many JavaScript frameworks can be vibe coded now!

Ironically, LLMs might make it very hard for new frameworks to gain popularity since they are trained on the popular ones.

If we're not there already, it's just a matter of time before LLMs will be able to read and understand a framework they haven't seen before and be able to use it anyway.

LLMs are already trained on JavaScript at a deep level; as LLM reasoning and RAG techniques improve, there will be a time in the not-too-distant future when an LLM can be pointed to the website of a new framework and be able to use it.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by MrGreenTea » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 6:04 AM UTC

ako wrote: post #147

novaleaf wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

problem is that claude doesn't actually read those or keep them in context unless you prompt it to. it has to be in CLAUDE.md or it'll quickly forget about the contents

I've added these instructions in CLAUDE.md and .windsurfrules, and yes sometimes you have to remind it, but overall it works quite well.

Habe you though about adding a Session start hook that reads this file and adds it to the context?

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by MrGreenTea » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 6:06 AM UTC

coconut08 wrote: post #112

lherron wrote: post #48

With all the frontier labs competing in this space now, and them letting you use your consumer subscription through the CLI, I don’t understand how the Cursor products will survive. Why pay an extra $X/mo when I can get this functionality included in the $Y/mo I’m already paying OAI/Anthropic/GOOG?

I think the complete opposite. I love the ux for claude code, but it would be better if it wasnt locked to a single vendor's model. It seems pretty clear to me that a vendor neutral product with a UX as good as Claude Code would be the clear winner.

Habe you tried opencode? I haven't really, but it can use your anthropic subscription and also switch to most other models. It also looks quite nice IMO

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by pinoy420 » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 6:07 AM UTC

thehamkercat wrote: post #21

I wonder when all of them will adopt AGENT.md and stop using gemini.md/claude.md/crush.md/summary.md/qwen.md https://agent.md [redirect -> https://ampcode.com/AGENT.md ] https://agent-rules.org

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Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by touristtam » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 6:08 AM UTC

wilg wrote: post #33

amclennon wrote: post #8

At this point, there are more AI coding agents announced every week than Javascript frameworks, but to be honest, I'm here for it.

Think how many JavaScript frameworks can be vibe coded now!

To be honest I am being positive and hopefully we'll see an explosion of AI agent that will help iron out all the bug in FOSS that is hosted on different source code hosting platform. Renovate on steroid. I would work on that if my daytime job wasn't my main and only source of revenue.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by getflourish » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 6:09 AM UTC

zarzavat wrote: post #145

thehamkercat wrote: post #21

I wonder when all of them will adopt AGENT.md and stop using gemini.md/claude.md/crush.md/summary.md/qwen.md https://agent.md [redirect -> https://ampcode.com/AGENT.md ] https://agent-rules.org

Never. It's a marketing strategy. Some percentage of users will check these files into their repos, and some percentage of repo browsers will think "what is this X.md?" Given how much money people are spending on these things the value of having a unique filename must be enormous.

Brand asset

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by g42gregory » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 6:10 AM UTC

Boris Cherny was a (main?) creator of Claude Code at Anthropic. He moved over to Cursor about a month ago. I hope Cursor CLI is an Claude Code Agent port to the Cursor. Hopefully, the code quality would be comparable, modulo Cursor's abridged model access. We will know shortly.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by theshrike79 » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 6:10 AM UTC

teaearlgraycold wrote: post #100

mrcwinn wrote: post #98

I went from years of vscode to "Cursor is the future" to never using Cursor at all. Claude Code, even with new limits, is just too good. If I were to switch to gpt-5, why wouldn't I just use Codex? I'm struggling to understand the value of what they're presenting.

Why is Claude Code better than Cursor?

Claude Code has some non-LLM magic in it that just makes it better for code in general, despite (or because of) having minimal IDE integration.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by mliker » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 6:13 AM UTC

g42gregory wrote: post #157

Boris Cherny was a (main?) creator of Claude Code at Anthropic. He moved over to Cursor about a month ago. I hope Cursor CLI is an Claude Code Agent port to the Cursor. Hopefully, the code quality would be comparable, modulo Cursor's abridged model access. We will know shortly.

He actually returned to Anthropic shortly after joining Cursor

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by yunohn » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 6:15 AM UTC

eru wrote: post #134

hahajk wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes! I want an option to always add README.md to the context; It would force me to have a useful, up to date document about how to build, run, and edit my projects.

> It would force me to have a useful, up to date document about how to build, run, and edit my projects. Not really: our AI agents are probably smart enough to even make sense of somewhat bad instructions.

They’re definitely not, Claude and all other agents frequently forget the build and test commands present in CLAUDE/etc.md for my various repos (even though most of them were were initialized by the AI).