Cursor

Slot: agent · Name: cursor · Binary: agent

The Cursor Agent CLI brings Cursor's editing model to a terminal. AO spawns it per session, wraps gh/git, and tracks activity via the AO activity log.

macOSSupported

LinuxSupported

WindowsSupported

Install

curl https://cursor.com/install -fsS | bash

Verify:

agent --help

You should see "Cursor Agent" in the output. If you don't, the agent binary in your PATH is something else (e.g. an unrelated tool) — reorder your PATH so the Cursor one wins.

Use

agent: cursor

No plugin-level config.

How it works

• Launch: AO runs agent inside the worktree.
• Activity tracking: AO writes a JSONL to {workspace}/.ao/activity.jsonl each poll cycle based on terminal output classification. The dashboard reads from there.
• PR + git tracking: PATH wrappers at ~/.ao/bin/gh / ~/.ao/bin/git intercept calls to record PR metadata.
• Session resume: Not supported — every spawn is a fresh Cursor session.

Detection

The plugin's detect() checks agent --help output for the strings Cursor Agent and --approve-mcps to avoid false positives with other binaries named agent.

Environment variables

Troubleshooting