New in Cursor CLI! · Full changelog · Main announcement We just shipped some updates to Cursor CLI, including new commands for models, rules, and MCP management, plus hooks which are now 10-20x faster! Curious to hear how folks are using the CLI in their workflows: What’s your setup? Running it …

I’m unable to make Hooks work on Cursor CLI, also I can’t find related documentation. Are they available for all users?

Hey there, Thank you for improving Cursor CLI. The experience is still not as good as Claude Code or OpenCode but it’s improving slowly. The issues I’m having currently is I can’t press ctrl+g to edit the prompt like Claude Code allows. Also would be nice to have a way to fork the conversation (…

Hey @Alex_Caceres ! Hooks are available to all users and are documented here . They work the same way for the Cursor CLI as in Cursor itself. Hooks are loaded from ~/.cursor/hooks.json (user) and .cursor/hooks.json (project). If you run into any issues, please open a new thread in the Community!

Hey @Colin , does Cursor CLI supports Agent Skills now? If not, is there any estimated time for it? thanks

Hey Peter. Soon! Sorry I can’t be more specific than that.

I just discovered Cursor CLI and it’s amazing! Great work! I’m using it in Zed terminal and my CPU/GPU is much happier. Everything is snappier.

Cursor CLI (Jan 8, 2026)

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Cursor CLI (Jan 8, 2026): New commands and performance improvement Announcements mcp , rules , hooks , performance , cli	0	1281	January 9, 2026
Cursor CLI (Jan 16, 2026) Release Discussions cli	16	1299	March 10, 2026
Cursor CLI (Jan 16, 2026): CLI Agent Modes and Cloud Handoff Announcements cli	0	788	January 17, 2026
Cursor CLI doesn't send all events defined in hooks Help hooks , cli	9	328	May 10, 2026
Cursor CLI (like Claude Code) Feature Requests	13	2424	August 25, 2025

Cursor CLI (Jan 8, 2026)

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