Can we move from cloud agent to local?

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Stupid question maybe, i sometimes use the cloud agents when not at my laptop and publish to github, but when i come back and open cursor if i continue on the same agent it doesn’t make changes to my local files it still works in the ‘cloud’.

Ideally when working in cursor i want to be editing local files.

Is there a way to move the cloud agent to local mode (or whatever its called)? or do i just start a fresh chat?

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Ok i see that option in the Agents windows. but i don’t use that, i use the Editor Windows always. no way to switch cloud to local there…

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Hey, not a dumb question at all. What you’re seeing is expected behavior. If you continue a cloud agent, it keeps running in the cloud on the cloud checkout, not on your local files.

Switching from cloud to local currently only exists in the Agents Window via Move to → Local, which you found. There’s no switch like that in the Editor Window yet. That’s a current limitation.

One important detail: Move to → Local only shows up for a cloud agent when there’s already an open local agent for the same repo. So:

  1. Open this repo locally in Cursor via File → Open Folder and start a local agent in it.
  2. After that, the cloud agent in the Agents Window will show Move to → Local. That will continue the same agent locally, with its changes and chat context.

If there’s no local agent for that repo, the Local option stays hidden.

Alternative if you don’t want to deal with the Agents Window: run git fetch for the agent’s branch, switch to it, and start a fresh chat in the Editor Window. Downside is you’ll lose the chat history.

Let me know if anything doesn’t work.