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cursor-agent

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Cursor · Coding agent, editor-backed automation, and codebase work from the terminal.

$ Install Cursor, then enable the cursor-agent command from Cursor settings
One-liner to try
$ cursor-agent --help

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cursor-agent --help
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Quick reference

InstallInstall Cursor, then enable the cursor-agent command from Cursor settings
Verifycursor-agent --help
First commandcursor-agent --help

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The official CLI from Cursor. Coding agent, editor-backed automation, and codebase work from the terminal. Runs entirely on your machine.

Example workflow

1. cursor-agent --help

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