Faster way to open directories in Glass UI

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I like using Cursor as an agent through the Glass UI. I generally work from the terminal, so I’d normally look towards the CLI agent, but the odd decision to have the CLI and GUI agents not share sessions keeps me in the GUI for now.

Given all that, it’d be nice if there were an easy way to open a new chat in a specific directory in the Glass UI from the command line, or a more efficient way to do it from the UI. Currently I have to navigate to the target directory in the UI, which is kind of annoying when I’m already there in the terminal. I can run cursor .to open the current directory in the UI, but that inexplicably also opens a file panel in the Glass UI, which I then have to close. It’s not the worst thing ever, but it’s a constant minor annoyance.

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Hi Jason, thanks for the post!

cursor . (or cursor /path/to/folder) is the current way to open a new Glass chat in a specific directory from the terminal, as long as your last-active Cursor window is Glass. That part is working as designed.

The Files panel opening on that path is intentional too. A CLI folder open into Glass is meant to bring up Files so you can see the directory you just launched. There isn’t a flag or setting to skip it today. I get that it’s annoying if you already know the repo and just want the chat, and I’ve passed that feedback along.

Same for CLI and desktop chats, not sharing sessions. That is a known limitation, but it is tracked, so the team is aware of the request.