Cursor CLI clipboard fails in container environment, despite xclip/xel being present - can we fall back to them

Feature request for product/service

Cursor CLI

Describe the request

I did /about in the Cursor CLI and it said it would copy to the clipboard. I’m on macOS (host system) running Cursor CLI in a Docker container so that I can isolate it. I have a clipboard export from the Cursor CLI through xsel or xclip commands. Neither of these seem to be invoked by Cursor CLI (by looking at the strace output and searching for the exec calls), but it still outputs Could not copy to clipboard.

Although the ‘about’ output is on the screen, it vanishes quickly, and in any case, using those tools (or something else) to get the information out would be more normal. The OSC 52 operation is not supported on Apple Terminal, so that’s not an option.

It would be handy if the CLI tool fell back to using the xclip/xsel commands, or had some configuration for how it should handle clipboard.

Operating System (if it applies)

MacOS