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Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by neuronexmachina »

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

I really like the idea of standardizing on AGENT.md, although it's too bad it doesn't really work with the .cursor/rules/ approach of having several rules files that get included based on matching the descriptions or file globs in frontmatter. Then again, I'm not sure if any other agents support an approach like that, and in my experience Cursor isn't entirely predictable about which rules files it ends up including in the context.

I guess having links to supplementary rules files is an option, but I'm not sure which agents (if any) would work well with that.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by rapind »

stillsut wrote: post #70
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

Yeah I suspect some of these providers will become Microsoft in the '90s type bully holdouts on implementing the emerging conventions. But ultimately with CLI interface you have workarounds to all the major providers read in your system guidelines. But in an IDE - e.g. like MS had with VisualStudio - you more lock-in potential for your config files. Yesterday, I was writing about a way I found to pass the same guidel…

Isn't think just a symlink?

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by didibus »

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'm actually starting to think the opposite.

If Cursor can build the better UX for all the use-cases, mobile/desktop chatbot, assistant, in IDE coding agent, CLI coding agent, web-based container coding agent, etc.

In theory, they can spend all their resourcing on this, so you could assume they could have those be more polished.

If they win the market-share here, than the models are just commodity, Cursor lets you pick which ever is best at any given time.

In a sense, "users" are going to get locked in on the tooling. They learn the commands, configuration, and so on of Cursor, it's a higher cost for them to re-learn a different UX. Uninstalling and re-installing another app, plugin, etc. is annoying.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by lvl155 »

didibus wrote: post #73
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'm actually starting to think the opposite. If Cursor can build the better UX for all the use-cases, mobile/desktop chatbot, assistant, in IDE coding agent, CLI coding agent, web-based container coding agent, etc. In theory, they can spend all their resourcing on this, so you could assume they could have those be more polished. If they win the market-share here, than the models are just commodity, Cursor lets you pi…

No, model providers are not going to let Cursor eat their pie. The biggest cost in AI is in developing LLM models and inference. Players incurring those costs will basically control this market.

Re: Cursor CLI

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Post by lvl155 »

Seriously Cursor. You can’t just write wrappers all your life. VSCode wrapper and now Gemini CLI wrapper. Can you make something from scratch for once? It’s as if they want an exit and they’re putting in minimum effort until that materializes.
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