Pass messages between 2 Cursor Instances/ Repos (frontend and backend

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My app frontend and backend are 2 separate codebases, and I use cursor with each at the same time. When working on features that involve both I often type something like:

“give me a brief summary of this so i can copy paste and ask our backend AI coder”

Would be cool if I could type something like “update the ai in our backend about this” and have it send a summary directly to it. Basically a simple hotline between different cursor instances. Then I could even give each one a name in system instructions and be like “ok go update todd on this” etc.

Also to cursor team: you guys have done an incredible job and I’m loving it!

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Hello @mlapeter

I think you can do this by adding both repos to the same workspace. Follow these steps and let me know if it worked for you!

  • Open your frontend in cursor
  • Go to File → Add Folder to Workspace and add your backend

You should be able to reference files and do agentic edits in both repos

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Thanks, I’ll check that out! My current workflow is asking question in backend, then while agent is working on it, i ask question in frontend, and switch back and forth so i’m never really waiting for the agent to finish. I’ll give your idea a try and see how it works!