Cursor CLI

Use Cursor editor and Cursor agent for coding tasks

Security Scan

The skill is internally consistent: it only documents running the local Cursor CLI and Cursor Agent binaries and does not request extra credentials, installs, or unrelated access.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description request the cursor and cursor-agent CLIs and the SKILL.md only references those binaries — the declared requirements match the stated purpose.

Instruction Scope

Runtime instructions only show example cursor and cursor-agent commands, suggest running from the project directory, and do not ask the agent to read unrelated files, env vars, or contact unexpected endpoints.

Install Mechanism

No install spec is present (instruction-only). Nothing will be written to disk by the skill itself; it assumes the user already has the cursor/cursor-agent binaries.

Credentials

The skill requests no environment variables, credentials, or config paths — appropriate for a CLI usage guide that simply invokes local tools.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill does not request persistent privileges or modify other skills or system settings; autonomous invocation is allowed by default but is not elevated here.

Assessment

This skill is a documentation/instruction-only wrapper for the Cursor CLI and Cursor Agent; it does not install software or request secrets. Before installing or using it, make sure you actually have the official cursor and cursor-agent binaries from Cursor (verify download source/signature) and understand that using cursor-agent will send prompts and likely code snippets to Cursor's service (privacy/third-party transmission). If you don't want any code or context sent to external services, do not invoke cursor-agent. Also confirm the metadata/homepage (https://cursor.com/docs/cli/overview) matches the official project to avoid running a similarly named but untrusted binary.

Cursor CLI skill

Use this skill for coding tasks with Cursor editor.

Commands

1. Open file in Cursor

cursor --goto file.py:line

2. Use Cursor Agent (AI coding assistant)

cursor-agent -p "your question" --mode=ask --output-format text

3. Open diff between files

cursor --diff file1.py file2.py

Examples

Open file at specific line:

cursor --goto conftest.py:180

Ask Cursor AI:

cursor-agent -p "Explain what recursion is" --mode=ask --output-format text

Review code:

cursor-agent -p "Review this code for bugs" --output-format text

Notes

• Run from the project directory when possible
• Cursor agent may take 30-120 seconds for complex tasks
• Works best with Cursor Pro for full AI capabilities