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Install cursor-cli with Homebrew Cask

Command-line agent for Cursor. Version 2026.07.23-e383d2b via Homebrew Cask; verified 2026-07-23. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cursor-cli.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrew Caskverified · 100%
brew install --cask cursor-cli

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

Command-line agent for Cursor

Commands and aliases

  • cursor-agent

history

Project history and usage

Cursor CLI is the command-line interface for Cursor Agent, letting developers interact with AI coding agents from a terminal for interactive work, scripts, and CI automation.

Project history

Cursor's official CLI docs describe terminal-based agent sessions, non-interactive print mode, Cloud Agent handoff, resumable sessions, sandbox controls, and configuration through cli-config.json.

Adoption history

The cask package turns Cursor's agent CLI into a package-manager-installable developer tool. That matters for teams standardizing AI coding tools across shells, CI jobs, and workstation bootstrap scripts.

How it is used

Users install the CLI, authenticate with browser login or CURSOR_API_KEY, then run agent interactively or in print mode with prompts, models, and output formats. The config file stores CLI settings and permissions; API keys are supplied through environment variables or command flags.

Why package nerds care

Cursor CLI is significant as a proprietary AI coding agent distributed like a Unix command: installable, scriptable, configurable, and usable headlessly.

Timeline

  • 2026: The Homebrew cask input records a dated packaged build, 2026.07.01-777f564.

Related projects

  • Cursor editor, Cursor Cloud Agent, MCP servers, and other terminal coding agents are adjacent tools.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cursor-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.cursor/cli-config.json.cursor/cli.json
Windows
$env:USERPROFILE\.cursor\cli-config.json.cursor\cli.json

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
cursor-agentbinaryHomebrew cask binarycursor-agent

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-25
manager version2026.07.23-e383d2b
manager updated2026-07-23
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://cursor.com/

  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://cursor.com/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keycask:cursor-cli
Version2026.07.23-e383d2b
Package managerHomebrew Cask
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/cursor-cli
Homepagehttps://cursor.com/
Upstream docshttps://cursor.com/
Source archivehttps://downloads.cursor.com/lab/2026.07.23-e383d2b/darwin/arm64/agent-cli-package.tar.gz
Last updated2026-07-23T22:00:25Z
Pulseupdated
SHA-256f2eb25851f2079dcdf0558a816e06c402d187abfca93255d35167020439ebbf2
Download URLhttps://downloads.cursor.com/lab/2026.07.23-e383d2b/darwin/arm64/agent-cli-package.tar.gz
Bottlenot recorded
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokencursor-cli
Names
  • Cursor CLI
Artifacts
Binary
1
Target
1
Zap
1
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

cursor-cli

nix profile install nixpkgs#cursor-cli
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cursor Cli
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cu/cursor-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment