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Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by xing7673 »

nlh wrote: post #136
teaearlgraycold wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is Claude Code better than Cursor?

What I have found Claude Code is extremely good at is that it makes one change at a time, gives you a chance to read the code its changing, and lets you give feedback in real time and steer it properly. I find the mental load with this method to be MUCH lower than Cursor or any of the other tools which give you two very different options: "Ask" mode which dumps a ton of suggestions on your and then requires semi-manu…

I set rules for cursor that when i need cursor to make changes, it will do it with plan-scheme-execute mode. Everything is clear especially when it prompts questiones for you to make scheme as you wish. Today cursor's gpt-5-fast-high model exploits this working style to its extend. This model gives the most detailed scheme for me to customize and i benefit a lot.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by globular-toast »

Touche wrote: post #106
byronic wrote: post #102

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I have (not an exhaustive list) SSH keys and sensitive repositories hanging out on my filesystem. I don't trust _myself_ with that, let alone an LLM, unless I'm running ollama or similar local nonsense with no net connectivity. I'm a few degrees removed from an air gapped environment so obviously YMMV. Frankly I find the idea of an LLM writing files or being allowed to access databases or similar cases directly dista…

They don't have arbitrary access over your file system. They ask permission for doing most everything. Even reading files, they can't do that outside of the current working directory without permission.

Comments like this just show how bad the average dev is at security. Ever heard of the principle of least privilege? It's crazy that anyone who has written at least one piece of software would think "nah, it's fine because the software is meant to ask before doing".

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by [deleted] »

gpeal wrote: post #144
LeafItAlone wrote: post #124

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I find the Codex CLI to be the worst of the CLI tools I’ve used (including, but not limited to, Claude Code, Gemini, Aider). There’s something about it that makes it clunky. Haven’t tried Cursor CLI yet though.

We (Codex) shipped a pretty large CLI update today and have many more improvements coming. Give it a try if you haven't. https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/1953559797883891735 (0.19 now)

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Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by ygouzerh »

byronic wrote: post #85

I'm having trouble finding a use for this outside of virtualized unused environments. Why not instead give me a virtual machine that runs this in a confined storage space? I would _never_ give an LLM access to any disk I own or control if it had anything more than read permissions

The permissions is quite well defined, by default it will ask you for your approval before every cli command that it will run

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by andybak »

gpeal wrote: post #144
LeafItAlone wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find the Codex CLI to be the worst of the CLI tools I’ve used (including, but not limited to, Claude Code, Gemini, Aider). There’s something about it that makes it clunky. Haven’t tried Cursor CLI yet though.

We (Codex) shipped a pretty large CLI update today and have many more improvements coming. Give it a try if you haven't. https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/1953559797883891735 (0.19 now)

> Use with your ChatGPT plan

It's asking me to buy credits but I'm already on Plus?

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by ygouzerh »

unsupp0rted wrote: post #2

What's the benefit of this compared to the IDE? To be more like Claude Code?

Actually, I think where Claude Code shines, is with the VSCode Extension. It's a great mix between a CLI that could be used in a bash script for automation, as well as a coding assistant.

I haven't found however if Cursor cli provides this kind of extension

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by garychalmers »

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.

The values is that, to use cursor, you don't need anymore to switch your IDE (unless you were already using vscode). You can keep your preferred IDE and run the agent in the terminal. IDE Is for humans, agents need only a terminal for running.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by sylware »

How do you make work those terminal AI prompts?

Are those for the anonymous accesses of the AI prompts?

If those are for the authenticated AI prompts, how to create a "non-anonymous" account with a noscript/basic (x)html browsers (not to mention I am self-hosted without paying the DNS mafia, namely my emails are with ip literals, ofc I prefer IPv6).

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by asboans »

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

Symlink?
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