Cursor
Cursor is a coding agent you can hand everything from understanding code to feature development, bug fixes and reviews.
Overview
Cursor is a coding agent that helps with software development. It is used to understand codebases, plan and build features, fix bugs and review changes. You can choose among models from multiple companies.
You use it through a desktop app and CLI, collaborate in Slack and review PRs on GitHub. Cloud agents build features in parallel, each in its own computer environment, finish testing and demos, and then hand the results to the user. You can tailor its behavior with plugins, Skills, MCP and Rules, and connect it to tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Linear and Notion.
It suits developers and teams who want to hand work to agents and focus on judgment and review themselves. It also offers team and enterprise features and self-hosted machine setup.
What it is used for
- Understand a repository's structure and find where to start.
- Scope changes with Plan Mode and build features.
- Reproduce a problem, narrow down the cause, fix the bug and verify the fix.
- Review the diff and run checks before merging to catch problems.
- Hand multiple tasks to cloud agents at once and review only the results.
Pricing and license
See the official website
Getting started
- Download the desktop app from cursor.com.
- To use the CLI, install it with curl https://cursor.com/install -fsS | bash.
- Log in, open a project, and follow the Quickstart docs to hand off your first task.
- If needed, add Rules, Skills and MCP, and connect GitHub, Slack and other tools.
Links
Related terms and companies
Recent mentions in briefings
Sources
- AI Coding Agent for Building Ambitious Software | Cursor
- Cursor Docs — Agent, Rules, MCP, Skills & CLI
Compiled from public sources (official pages, READMEs). Pricing and features change, so check the official site.