{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "cursor-cli", "name": "Cursor CLI", "vendor": "Cursor", "vendorUrl": "https://cursor.com/cli", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Cursor's coding agent in the terminal, run as `agent` (also `cursor-agent`).", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cursor-cli.json", "license": "Proprietary, under Cursor's terms of service (Anysphere, Inc., updated 3 September 2026). No source is published", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "`agent login` through a browser, or an API key passed with `--api-key` or `CURSOR_API_KEY` for headless runs.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Hobby is free with limited Agent requests and needs no card. Individual is $20 a month, Teams $40 a user a month and Enterprise by quote. Every plan includes a set amount of model usage, with on-demand usage billed in arrears, and the pricing page gives no dollar or request figure for either (checked 2026-10-02).", "priceSummary": "$20 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-02).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-02" }, "docsUrl": "https://cursor.com/docs/cli/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://cursor.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "closed-source", "mcp", "llms-txt", "free-tier", "no-card", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 35.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1072, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 27, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 42, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 25, "reliability": 27, "schema": 39, "security": 46, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "2025-10-02 and 2025-11-03. Four high advisories that name the CLI, all fixed. Remote code execution in Cursor CLI through Cursor Agent MCP OAuth2 communication (GHSA-wj33-264c-j9cq), arbitrary code execution through a permissive CLI config (GHSA-v64q-396f-7m79), a sensitive-file overwrite bypass in the CLI agent (GHSA-x2vq-h6v6-jhc6) and command injection through an untrusted MCP configuration in Cursor CLI Beta (GHSA-4hwr-97q3-37w2). All older than six months, so 1 point each (https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories)", "2026-01-14. GHSA-82wg-qcm4-fp2w, high, terminal tool allowlist bypass through environment variables. It doesn't name the CLI, which runs the same terminal tool and allowlist idea. Fixed and published, 1 point. Judgement call. We left out the 2026 sandbox escapes titled for Cursor Desktop and Cloud Agents (https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories)" ], "verdict": "Allow and deny rules for shell, reads, writes, web fetches and MCP tools, with deny taking precedence. No CLI changelog, and versions are dates.", "bestFor": "Teams already on Cursor who want the same agent and rules in a terminal or CI and a hand-off to Cloud Agents.", "strengths": [ "Allow and deny rules for shell, reads, writes, web fetches and MCP tools, with deny taking precedence", "Print mode with text, json and stream-json output, plus `--resume` and `--continue`", "Plan and ask (read-only) modes alongside the default agent mode", "Hands a task to Cloud Agents by prefixing the message with `\u0026`", "A free Hobby plan with no card, and a status page with a CLI component" ], "weaknesses": [ "No CLI changelog, and versions are dates", "The install script checks no checksum or signature", "No documentation of CLI telemetry or of what runs without approval by default", "Four high advisories named the CLI in October and November 2025", "Closed source, with no public issue tracker" ], "agentNotes": [ "Pass `--trust` in headless runs, or the workspace prompt stops a run with no terminal", "Write deny rules in .cursor/cli.json before using `--force`. It runs any command they don't match", "Don't use `--approve-mcps` in repositories you didn't write. Two 2025 CLI advisories came through MCP", "Set `CURSOR_API_KEY` in CI. `agent login` opens a browser", "Record `agent --version` with each run. Versions are dates and there's no CLI changelog to compare against" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 1.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 35.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 42, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 25, "reliability": 27, "schema": 39, "security": 46, "transparency": 27 }, "provenanceScore": 91 }, "connect": { "install": "curl https://cursor.com/install -fsS | bash", "headless": { "run": "agent -p \"fix the failing test\" --output-format json --trust" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cursor-cli" }, "sameCompany": [ "grok-bot" ], "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Individual plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "includes a set amount of model usage" }, { "item": "Teams", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 40, "note": "per user" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Anysphere, Inc.", "domain": "cursor.com", "domainRegistered": "1995-12-20", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://cursor.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://cursor.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.cursor.com", "changelog": "https://cursor.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The terms of service (updated 3 September 2026) name Anysphere, Inc.", "RDAP (Verisign) gives cursor.com a registration date of 1995-12-20, long before Anysphere.", "cursor.com/.well-known/security.txt has a Contact line pointing to Cursor's GitHub security advisories and no Expires line, which RFC 9116 requires. The site's tracker reads a file with a Contact and no Expires as valid.", "The changelog covers all of Cursor, and we found no CLI-only changelog." ], "score": 91 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.json", "live": { "slug": "cursor-cli", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.cursor.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T00:08:30.94383399Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://cursor.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T15:51:55.590684515Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://cursor.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T14:21:56.462794042Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "cursor.com", "registered": "1995-12-20", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/cursor.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:17:26.023843158Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://cursor.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:58:17.789180833Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-16T22:19:15.838578498Z", "fingerprint": "1dae0b3b9f21" }, { "url": "https://cursor.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:58:21.917116265Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-12T19:47:26.814948391Z", "fingerprint": "de820b76d93a" }, { "url": "https://cursor.com/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:58:23.995320792Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-12T19:47:28.837484948Z", "fingerprint": "9d3b90a09b77" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:08:30.94383399Z" } }, "answer": "Mirror CLI scores 54.2 (C) on agent readiness against Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Cursor CLI leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "reflection-mirror", "name": "Mirror CLI", "vendor": "Reflection", "vendorUrl": "https://developers.reflection.ai/mirror-overview", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Mirror CLI is Reflection's open-source coding agent for the terminal, in early beta. It reads code, edits files and runs commands, with parallel agents in separate worktrees, MCP connections and Python extensions, using Beam by default or another provider.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-mirror", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-mirror.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-mirror.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/reflection-mirror.json", "repo": "https://github.com/reflection-oss/mirror", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "reflection-mirror" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "The default provider is the Reflection API, with a key from platform.reflection.ai in `REFLECTION_API_KEY` or pasted at first start and saved to `~/.mirror/reflection_api_key`. OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, a ChatGPT plan through a Codex sign-in, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (keyless if the endpoint allows) can be used instead.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and Apache-2.0. Model calls are billed by the provider chosen. The default Reflection API was a free public beta with daily usage limits on 17 October 2026, and some organisations must verify a credit card before their keys work.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Mirror docs, the README or the source at commit f938033 (checked 17 October 2026).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-17" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.reflection.ai/mirror-overview", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.reflection.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "open-source", "python", "rust", "mcp", "llms-txt", "beta", "pre-1.0", "telemetry-default-on", "approvals", "free", "no-card", "local" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 54.2, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 765, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 22, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 58, "maintenance": 47, "payments": 60, "reliability": 37, "schema": 65, "security": 58, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Mirror CLI is Apache-2.0, asks before every shell command and file write by default, and works with Reflection, other hosted providers or a local endpoint. It is a one-day-old 0.1.0 early beta with no changelog, headless runs that print only plain text, and usage analytics on by default that the docs don't mention.", "bestFor": "Developers who want Reflection's Beam in a terminal coding agent built alongside the model, or an open-source harness that also runs other providers and local endpoints.", "strengths": [ "Apache-2.0 source for the Python CLI and the Rust agent core, with a public CI workflow and 186 test files", "Manual approval by default, covering every shell command, file write, MCP tool call and most extension tools", "Provider keys are kept out of the environment of commands the agent runs, and MCP definitions are read only from the home directory", "Works with Reflection, OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including a keyless local server", "`mirror acp` serves the Agent Client Protocol on stdio, and `/worktree` runs parallel agents in separate checkouts" ], "weaknesses": [ "Version 0.1.0, released 16 October 2026 and labelled early beta, with no changelog or release tags", "Usage analytics go to Statsig by default, disclosed in a first-run notice but not in the docs or README", "No sandbox by default. The opt-in microVM sandbox covers file and shell tools only, and extensions and local MCP servers run on the host", "`mirror exec` prints only the final answer as plain text, with exit codes not documented and no budget or time limit", "Approval mode is saved globally, so switching to auto in one directory applies to later launches everywhere" ], "agentNotes": [ "Open Mirror interactively once in each directory before `mirror exec` or `mirror acp`. Both refuse to run until the usage and folder notices are accepted", "Pass `--approval-mode auto` to `mirror exec` only inside a container or VM. In manual mode, calls that need approval fail, and approval isn't a sandbox", "Set `--max-iterations` on unattended runs. Turns are unlimited by default", "Check the result with your own tests. `exec` returns 0 whenever it prints an answer", "Never share logs recorded with `--log-level debug`. The docs say they contain request headers with the API key" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 54.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 58, "maintenance": 47, "payments": 60, "reliability": 37, "schema": 65, "security": 58, "transparency": 56 }, "provenanceScore": 60 }, "connect": { "install": "uv tool install reflection-mirror", "headless": { "command": "mirror exec --approval-mode auto --max-iterations 50 \"$TASK\"", "env": { "REFLECTION_API_KEY": "\u003cyour-key\u003e" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/reflection-mirror" }, "sameCompany": [ "reflection-beam" ], "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Reflection AI, Inc.", "domain": "reflection.ai", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://reflection.ai/legal/commercial-terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://reflection.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-17", "notes": [ "The software is under Apache-2.0 (LICENSE and NOTICE in the repository). The terms field is Reflection's Commercial Terms of Service, which cover the Reflection API that Mirror calls by default and say beta services are provided as is. The site Terms of Service (last updated 19 February 2025) cover the website only.", "The Privacy Policy, last updated 28 August 2026, names Reflection AI, Inc., 61 9th Ave, Floor 3, New York, NY 10011, and gives no fixed retention periods.", "RDAP for reflection.ai gives a registration date of 16 December 2017.", "No changelog or release notes were found for Mirror. The repository has no tags.", "reflection.ai/.well-known/security.txt and developers.reflection.ai/.well-known/security.txt return 404. The repository's SECURITY.md sends vulnerability reports to developers@reflection.ai.", "Mirror is software the owner runs, so no status page applies to it. The Reflection API's status page wasn't looked for here." ], "score": 60 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-mirror.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Cursor", "b": "Reflection", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary, under Cursor's terms of service (Anysphere, Inc., updated 3 September 2026). No source is published", "b": "Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-28", "b": "2026-10-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-09-03", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-29", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "1.5/5 (2)", "b": "3/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Mirror CLI scores 54.2 (C) on agent readiness against Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Cursor CLI leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Cursor CLI or Mirror CLI?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Cursor CLI. Mirror CLI is open source (Apache-2.0).", "question": "Are Cursor CLI and Mirror CLI open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Maintenance \u0026 community, 62 against 47" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams already on Cursor who want the same agent and rules in a terminal or CI and a hand-off to Cloud Agents.", "slug": "cursor-cli", "watchFor": "No CLI changelog, and versions are dates" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 37 against 27", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 65 against 39", "Agent ergonomics, 58 against 42", "Security \u0026 auth, 58 against 46", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 25" ], "also": [ "Open source", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 1.5 out of 5", "No incidents deducted, where Cursor CLI loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Developers who want Reflection's Beam in a terminal coding agent built alongside the model, or an open-source harness that also runs other providers and local endpoints.", "slug": "reflection-mirror", "watchFor": "Version 0.1.0, released 16 October 2026 and labelled early beta, with no changelog or release tags" } ], "job": { "capability": "agent.harness", "name": "Agent harnesses" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-cursor-cli.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Cursor CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-cursor-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-cursor-cli.json", "title": "Aider vs Cursor CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-cursor-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Aider vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cursor-cli.json", "title": "Amp vs Cursor CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cursor-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Amp vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-cursor-cli.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Cursor CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-cursor-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cursor-cli.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Cursor CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cursor-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-cursor-cli.json", "title": "Cline vs Cursor CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-cursor-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Cline vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-devin.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs Devin", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-devin" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-droid-cli.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs Droid CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-droid-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-earendil-pi.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs Pi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-earendil-pi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-gemini-cli.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs Gemini CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-gemini-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-github-copilot-cli.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs GitHub Copilot CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-github-copilot-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-goose.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs goose", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-goose" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-harnessrouter.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs HarnessRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-harnessrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-kilo-code-cli.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs Kilo Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-kilo-code-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-kiro-cli.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs Kiro CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-kiro-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-muse-code.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-muse-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-opencode.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs OpenCode", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-openhands.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Devin vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Droid CLI vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Pi vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Gemini CLI vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "goose vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs Mirror CLI", "url": 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It is a one-day-old 0.1.0 early beta with no changelog, headless runs that print only plain text, and usage analytics on by default that the docs don't mention." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-reflection-mirror", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-reflection-mirror.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-reflection-mirror.min.md" }, "markdown": "Mirror CLI scores 54.2 (C) on agent readiness against Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Cursor CLI leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Cursor CLI: grade F, 35.3/100, rank #1072 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cursor-cli.json\n- Mirror CLI: grade C, 54.2/100, rank #765 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-mirror.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/reflection-mirror.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 331 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Cursor CLI (F)\n\nGood for: Teams already on Cursor who want the same agent and rules in a terminal or CI and a hand-off to Cloud Agents.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 62 against 47\n\nWatch for: No CLI changelog, and versions are dates\n\n### Mirror CLI (C)\n\nGood for: Developers who want Reflection's Beam in a terminal coding agent built alongside the model, or an open-source harness that also runs other providers and local endpoints.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 37 against 27\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 65 against 39\n- Agent ergonomics, 58 against 42\n- Security \u0026 auth, 58 against 46\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 25\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 1.5 out of 5\n- No incidents deducted, where Cursor CLI loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: Version 0.1.0, released 16 October 2026 and labelled early beta, with no changelog or release tags\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cursor CLI | Mirror CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 27 | 37 | Mirror CLI +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 39 | 65 | Mirror CLI +26 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 42 | 58 | Mirror CLI +16 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 46 | 58 | Mirror CLI +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 60 | Mirror CLI +35 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 47 | Cursor CLI +15 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 58 | Cursor CLI +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **35.3 · F** | **54.2 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cursor CLI | Mirror CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Cursor | Reflection |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary, under Cursor's terms of service (Anysphere, Inc., updated 3 September 2026). No source is published | Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-16 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-03 | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-29 | |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | |\n| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Cursor CLI.** Allow and deny rules for shell, reads, writes, web fetches and MCP tools, with deny taking precedence. No CLI changelog, and versions are dates.\n\n**Mirror CLI.** Mirror CLI is Apache-2.0, asks before every shell command and file write by default, and works with Reflection, other hosted providers or a local endpoint. It is a one-day-old 0.1.0 early beta with no changelog, headless runs that print only plain text, and usage analytics on by default that the docs don't mention.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Cursor CLI\n\n1. Pass `--trust` in headless runs, or the workspace prompt stops a run with no terminal\n2. Write deny rules in .cursor/cli.json before using `--force`. It runs any command they don't match\n3. Don't use `--approve-mcps` in repositories you didn't write. Two 2025 CLI advisories came through MCP\n4. Set `CURSOR_API_KEY` in CI. `agent login` opens a browser\n5. Record `agent --version` with each run. Versions are dates and there's no CLI changelog to compare against\n\n### Mirror CLI\n\n1. Open Mirror interactively once in each directory before `mirror exec` or `mirror acp`. Both refuse to run until the usage and folder notices are accepted\n2. Pass `--approval-mode auto` to `mirror exec` only inside a container or VM. In manual mode, calls that need approval fail, and approval isn't a sandbox\n3. Set `--max-iterations` on unattended runs. Turns are unlimited by default\n4. Check the result with your own tests. `exec` returns 0 whenever it prints an answer\n5. Never share logs recorded with `--log-level debug`. The docs say they contain request headers with the API key\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cursor CLI or Mirror CLI?\n\nMirror CLI scores 54.2 (C) on agent readiness against Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Cursor CLI leads on maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Are Cursor CLI and Mirror CLI open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Cursor CLI. 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