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Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by thehamkercat » Thu, Aug 07, 2025, 9:58 PM UTC

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

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by joshmlewis » Thu, Aug 07, 2025, 10:00 PM UTC

coconut08 wrote: post #18

is there a way to get it to display more information? its stuck not doing anything and i cant tell if that's because it timed out or it is running a script or it is thinking or what is even happening. sometimes it just does things without even giving any feedback at all. i dont know what it is thinking or what it is trying to do and i cant really see the output of the terminal commands it is running. it just pauses e…

I noticed it was taking awhile on the first large-ish task I gave it. I'm assuming it was just a bit overloaded at the moment.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by jonplackett » Thu, Aug 07, 2025, 10:01 PM UTC

jstummbillig wrote: post #7

unsupp0rted wrote: post #2

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

I am so curious to know. Why is Cursor not just putting whatever this supposedly does better into... Cursor?

To compete with Claude code

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by joshmlewis » Thu, Aug 07, 2025, 10:01 PM UTC

jameskraus wrote: post #13

I wonder if this will support directly interfacing with OpenAI's APIs vs. going through Cursor's APIs (and billing).

I would highly doubt it. Even when you BYOK inside of Cursor they still say it's routed through their servers.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by tsvetkov » Thu, Aug 07, 2025, 10:02 PM UTC

Fascinating to see how agents are redefining what IDEs are. This was not really the case in the chat AI era. But as autonomy increases, the traditional IDE UI becomes less important form of interaction. I think those CLI tools have pretty good chance to create a new dev tools ecosystem. Creating a full featured language plugin (let alone a full IDE) for VSCode or Intellij is not for a faint-hearted, and cross IDE portability is limited. CLI tools + MCP can be a lot simpler, more composable and more portable.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by blurbleblurble » Thu, Aug 07, 2025, 10:02 PM UTC

Hopefully this one is as good as Claude code. None of them that I've tried have come close yet.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by worldsayshi » Thu, Aug 07, 2025, 10:03 PM UTC

gorjusborg wrote: post #14

unsupp0rted wrote: post #2

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

Flip your thinking around for a second and consider why an IDE is required for an agent that codes for you? The IDE/editor is for me, the agent doesn't need it. That also means I am not forced to used whatever imperfect forked IDE the agent is implemented against.

> why an IDE is required for an agent that codes for you

Because the agents aren't yet good enough for a hands off experience. You have to continuously monitor what it does if you want a passable code base.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by jstummbillig » Thu, Aug 07, 2025, 10:04 PM UTC

jonplackett wrote: post #23

jstummbillig wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am so curious to know. Why is Cursor not just putting whatever this supposedly does better into... Cursor?

To compete with Claude code

They are competing with Claude Code already. The competition is not over who can built the nicest CLI.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 07, 2025, 10:08 PM UTC

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Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by consumer451 » Thu, Aug 07, 2025, 10:08 PM UTC

LeoPanthera wrote: post #5

That's funny. I was really hoping that Anthropic would make a "Claude GUI".

In one of their Claude Code talks they said it didn’t seem worth it, given their expectation that all IDEs will become obsolete by next year.