Enable Git Commands in the Agents Window

Ideas Feature Requests
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Feature request for product/service

Cursor IDE

Describe the request

Often I really just want to be able to clone a repository in the agents window. Yes I can open the editor window, or use a terminal, or ask an agent to clone something for me (which feels silly), but what I really want to do is just bring up the command palette and issue some git commands so that I can get a new workspace up and running.
It would actually be great to start a new workspace and have the option to clone 1 or more repos into that workspace. Right now when I start a new workspace I have the option of opening a repository on cloud, or opening an existing directory on local, but not cloning a repo to local.
I’m not sure if anyone else has experienced this same pain, but I use cursor at work and in my personal projects and the lack of IDE aware git commands in the agents window just feels clunky to me.

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Hey, thanks for the feature request. Good news, you can already clone a repo right from the Agents Window. When you start a new workspace, the picker has three options: Open project, Clone repo, and Connect via SSH. Clone repo is the one you need.

If you don’t see it, or it doesn’t work the way you expect, can you share a couple details?

  • What Cursor version are you on? Older builds might not have Clone repo yet, so updating could help.
  • What exactly happens when you click Clone repo? A screenshot would really help.

With that info, we can tell if it’s a bug or just the feature being hard to find.