Hello, I want to develop a Cursor extension that can send prompts to Cursor Chat and execute them directly. Is there any API or VSCode command available for this purpose?

Check GitHub - MarkShawn2020/oh-my-prompt: ✨ AI IDE 专用多 prompt 管理系统，支持跨 IDE、一键切换、智能同步 Global / Project Prompt！ ✨ which is a vscode extension to input template prompts

Thank you! It is not perfect but a clever way.

Hey @benlau - totally different usecase but you can look at my source code for GitHub - taggartbg/vibeframe: VSCode Extension to enable UIs for MCP Servers (SSE) . It creates an extension, looks through all your MCPs for a specific endpoint /vibeframe and then hits it + loads it into the webview pan…

Cool, let’s me study it first. thx~

Hello. In your example video it looks like its a one way interaction. Then how would it be possible to force the Agent to constantly listen and execute commands from the MCP server like if they were sent directly from the chat box (if this is what you’re referring to)? Do you mean like to say in …

In my example the MCP server is stateful and holds the source of truth. The UI allows for 2-way interaction with the server over HTTP2, but currently you have to ask the agent to use an MCP tool. However, it is my understanding that MCP SSE transport allows for the server to send commands to the c…

@benlau did you find any approach for your usecas? I am also looking for similar usecase

Develop an extension to send prompt to Cursor Chat

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andrewh (Andrew Milich) December 28, 2025, 7:33pm 9

Just added this A command for passing a prompt to the chat - #7 by andrewh

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