Cursor for iOS - Build with coding agents from anywhere
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Cursor is now available as a native iOS app in public beta, so you can build from anywhere.
Until now, developers have worked around the limits of their local machines, keeping laptops half-open and caffeinated everywhere they go.
With Cursor for iOS, you can launch always-on agents in the cloud, or control agents running on your computer from your phone. Kick them off when ideas strike, get notified when work is ready for review, and merge PRs on the go.
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The always on cloud agents caught my attention . I'd love to hear how they're performing for people using them on real projects using them on real projects.
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@bernard_lewis Internally, more than 40% of all our PRs (not just from mobile) come from cloud agents, and growing. Hope you give it a try and let us know what you think!
one suggestion from me would be to add a quick activity timeline showing everything an agent has done while I was away. I think that would make it even easier to catch up before approving changes.
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@scarlett_massey love this idea! Thanks for sharing, and please keep the feedback coming.
The phone surface makes sense if it is treated as a control plane, not a tiny replacement for the main coding environment. The useful moments are reviewing a diff, unblocking an agent, checking a dev server, or capturing context while away from the desk with repo permissions still obvious.
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@krekeltronics "control plane" is a great way of describing it, and all those use cases you listed are ways we're seeing folks use the mobile app!
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Hello Chris, congratulations on the launch. I have been waiting for something like this because ideas usually come to me when I am away from my desk. Looking forward to trying it.
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@aarav_pittman thank you. I hope you enjoy using it!
I was pretty skeptical about leaving my VS Code setup, but since Cursor is a direct fork, it imported my entire environment in seconds. Zero downtime. It genuinely feels like working with an active engineering partner
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@deveshmeeta_ghoshnagent awesome to hear. We've also found that working with Cursor feels like working with a colleague. The agents window in the desktop app is also a great alternative to the IDE for a cleaner, agent-first interface. And it pairs well with mobile!
I really like the direction here. Being able to kick off an agent from my phone instead of opening my laptop sounds super convenient for quick tasks.
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@iris_carr we've found it really useful for ideas that come to us when we're away from our desks. Excited for you to try it out, and let us know what you think!
Background agents are the interesting part. When iOS backgrounds Cursor, do cloud agents keep running independently and push a notification when done? Or does the conection drop and you lose the session?
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@christian_knaut Cloud agents keep running! You can turn your phone fully off without affecting your cloud agent runs.
The idea of running coding agents from a phone is pretty interesting. How much of a project can you realistically manage from the iOS app before you need to switch back to a desktop?
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@vaishnavi_makode depends on the project! You could go entirely end to end on your phone, especially for features where watching the agent's demos and looking at the diffs give you enough confident to merge the PR. In some cases, you might want to switch back to a desktop to test the changes locally yourself.
@nicolezhang Thanks for clarifying! It sounds surprisingly capable. In your experience, what kinds of tasks feel most comfortable on the iOS app, and which ones are still easier on desktop?
This is an interesting shift . Mobile won’t replace the desktop IDE , but being able to review code, manage agents , and keep projects moving on the go could be real productivity boost .
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@khushi_ranwa we've found it to be a huge productivity boost! Not a replacement for all desktop work, but our early beta testers were surprised by how much development they're able to do entirely from the mobile app.
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Finally I can ship in bathroom.
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@jiteshghanchi huge unlock.