# Cursor

> Cursor is an officially published AI tool from Anysphere. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

- **Canonical URL:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/cursor
- **Kind:** AI tool
- **Publisher:** Anysphere
- **Trust level:** official
- **Risk score:** 10/100 (low)
- **Website:** https://cursor.com
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **JSON:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/api/entries/agent/cursor

## Description

AI-native code editor with built-in agent and MCP support

## Why it scored 10

The score starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50 and moves only through the signals below. The formula is published at https://catalog.anomity.ai/about — there is no model and no hidden heuristic.

| Signal | Contribution | Severity | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Published by the vendor | -40 | trust offset |  |

Clamped result: **10/100**, band **low**.

## Configuration surface

Files this tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

- `cursor-global-mcp` — Global MCP server configuration
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.cursor\mcp.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.cursor/mcp.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.cursor/mcp.json`
- `cursor-user-settings` — User settings
    - win32: `${APPDATA}\Cursor\User\settings.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/settings.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.config/Cursor/User/settings.json`
- `cursor-project-mcp` — Project-level MCP servers
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\.cursor\mcp.json`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/.cursor/mcp.json`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/.cursor/mcp.json`
- `cursor-extension-manifest` — Installed Cursor extension manifests
- `cursor-user-hooks` — User-level hook configuration (sessionStart, beforeShellExecution, etc.)
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.cursor\hooks.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.cursor/hooks.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.cursor/hooks.json`
- `cursor-project-hooks` — Project-level hook configuration
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\.cursor\hooks.json`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/.cursor/hooks.json`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/.cursor/hooks.json`
- `cursor-enterprise-hooks` — Enterprise-managed hooks (system-wide policy)
    - win32: `C:\ProgramData\Cursor\hooks.json`
    - darwin: `/Library/Application Support/Cursor/hooks.json`
    - linux: `/etc/cursor/hooks.json`
- `cursor-project-rules` — Project rules (.cursor/rules/*.mdc — Markdown + frontmatter)
- `cursor-project-rules-legacy` — Legacy single-file project rules (.cursorrules)
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\.cursorrules`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/.cursorrules`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/.cursorrules`
- `cursor-project-skills` — Project skills (.cursor/skills)
- `cursor-project-skills-agents` — Project skills (cross-tool .agents/skills convention)
- `cursor-first-party-skills` — Cursor first-party skills (Cursor-synced)
- `cursor-skill-sync-manifest` — Cursor skill-sync manifest (presence)
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.cursor\skills-cursor\.sync-manifest.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.cursor/skills-cursor/.sync-manifest.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.cursor/skills-cursor/.sync-manifest.json`
- `cursor-plugin-skills` — Cursor plugin skills (marketplace-delivered, third-party)
- `cursor-plugin-marketplace` — Cursor plugin marketplace catalogs
- `cursor-user-skills` — User-scope Cursor skills
- `cursor-project-subagents` — Project custom subagents (.cursor/agents/*.md — own tool allowlist)
- `cursor-user-subagents` — User-scope custom subagents (~/.cursor/agents/*.md)
- `cursor-cli-permissions-project` — Cursor CLI project permissions (allow/deny)
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\.cursor\cli.json`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/.cursor/cli.json`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/.cursor/cli.json`
- `cursor-cli-permissions-global` — Cursor CLI global permissions (allow/deny)
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.cursor\cli-config.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.cursor/cli-config.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.cursor/cli-config.json`

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Source: Anomity Catalog (https://catalog.anomity.ai/). Scoring methodology: https://catalog.anomity.ai/about. Machine-readable index: https://catalog.anomity.ai/llms.txt · https://catalog.anomity.ai/openapi.json