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Comparison from first-party sources, read Oct 22, 2026

Skyflo vs Cursor

Cursor runs its own agent across the editor, the Agents Window, CLI, SDK, and cloud agents. Skyflo runs Cursor Agent, Codex, Claude Code, and other agents you already use from one Mac app.

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Compare current documented behavior without reducing the products to a winner score.

At a glance8 dimensions, no winner score

CursorDocumented strength

Cursor pairs an editor and Agents Window with CLI, SDK, local and cloud agents, worktrees, checkpoints, pull-request review, Agent Review, and Bugbot. Projects, on plans with cloud agents, add a coordinator that delegates to many of them, and multi-repo cloud agents open pull requests in each repository they change.

SkyfloWhere it sits

Skyflo runs Cursor Agent as one of seven external agents beside its own, so a mission can mix Cursor Agent with Codex or Claude Code under one access mode, with an append-only record and source-linked memory on your Mac.

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The decision.

Use Cursor directly, or run Cursor Agent through Skyflo next to other agents?

Cursor is an editor and agent platform with local and cloud agents, Projects, Bugbot and team controls. Run Cursor Agent inside Skyflo when a mission should mix it with Codex, Claude Code or Skyflo's own agent under one access mode and keep its record on your Mac. Keep Cursor as your editor either way.

Runs inside Skyflo. Skyflo runs Cursor Agent, the agent in Cursor's CLI, inside its missions with your own Cursor sign-in. It does not run the Cursor editor.

Choose Cursor when

  • The editor and Agents Window are where you write, delegate, and review code.
  • You want agents to move between local, worktree, SSH, cloud, and self-hosted machines, or a Project coordinator to delegate across many cloud agents.
  • Cursor's own agent, with its choice of models, is the only agent you need.

Choose Skyflo when

  • Cursor Agent, Codex, and Claude Code should be available on the same mission, each with its own sign-in.
  • One access mode should govern every agent on the mission, and each decision should be recorded.
  • Memory learned from finished missions should link to its source, and you should be able to keep, dismiss, or remove it.

You might use both when

Use Cursor as your editor and coding environment, and run Cursor Agent inside a Skyflo mission when the same work also involves Codex, Claude Code, or other agents.

Cursor, from its own sources.

Cursor vs Claude Code vs Codex: what is the difference?

Cursor is an editor and agent platform. Its own agent works in the editor, the Agents Window, the CLI, and cloud agents, with models you choose from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, SpaceXAI, Meta, Moonshot, and Cursor. Claude Code is Anthropic's agent on Claude models, across the terminal, IDE, desktop app, web, and Slack. Codex is OpenAI's agent on OpenAI models, in the ChatGPT desktop app, the Codex CLI, the IDE extension, and Codex Cloud.

Cursor's agent can use Claude and OpenAI models, but Cursor does not document running Anthropic's or OpenAI's own agents inside it. The choice usually follows where you want to work: an editor with cloud agents and reviews such as Bugbot, or the model vendor's own agent and plan.

In Skyflo

Skyflo runs Cursor Agent, the agent in Cursor's CLI, on your own Cursor sign-in, beside Claude Code and Codex in one mission under one access mode. Keep Cursor as your editor either way.

SourcesCursorAgents WindowModels and pricingClaude Code productChatGPT desktop app (Codex)Codex CLI

What is the Cursor CLI?

The Cursor CLI runs Cursor's agent in your terminal, to write, review, and change code. Install it with curl https://cursor.com/install -fsS | bash on macOS, Linux, and WSL, or with the PowerShell installer on Windows, then run agent. It supports the same modes as the editor, plus a print mode for scripts and CI pipelines, and it can reopen previous chats.

In Skyflo

This is the agent Skyflo runs as Cursor Agent, inside its missions with your own Cursor sign-in.

SourcesCursor CLICursor CLI conversations

How much does Cursor cost?

As listed on October 22, 2026, Cursor's individual plans are Free, with limited agent requests; Plus at $8 a month, which uses only Grok models; Premium at $30 a month, with 4x Plus's usage, cloud agents and automations, AI code reviews, and third-party models at API list price; Super at $100 a month for 15x Plus's usage; and Ultra at $200 a month for 50x. Teams starts at $30 per user per month.

Third-party model usage, such as Claude or OpenAI models, is not included in those monthly prices and is billed separately by usage. Projects need a plan with cloud agents: Premium and above, Teams, or Enterprise.

In Skyflo

Skyflo Free runs Cursor Agent on your own Cursor plan, with no charge from Skyflo; Cursor bills its own usage.

SourcesCursor pricingCursor Projects

Skyflo vs Cursor, dimension by dimension.

The same 8 dimensions run on every engineering comparison, including the ones where Cursor is stronger. A row reading “not addressed” means the reviewed documentation does not cover it, which is not the same as the product lacking it.

Cursor and Skyflo across 8 dimensions
DimensionCursorSkyflo
Primary unit of workAn agent conversation in the editor, Agents Window, or CLI. Projects, on Premium plans and above, Teams, and Enterprise, add a coordinator that plans, delegates to agents, and keeps context over months of work.A mission: one goal with its conversation, the agents working on it, their approvals, and its record. It persists across sessions and goes idle rather than closing.
Execution environmentLocal agents in the editor, Agents Window, or CLI, including worktrees and remote SSH; cloud agents in their own VMs; and self-hosted machines on your infrastructure. Since October 6, 2026 the iOS app can watch and message local agents.Agents run on your Mac by default. On a paid plan you can start or move a mission to Skyflo Cloud, a machine Skyflo runs for that mission, which keeps working while your Mac sleeps. Only Codex and Skyflo's own agent run there; Claude Code stays on your Mac. A mission started there from a GitHub repository opens a pull request.
Agent and model choiceCursor's own agent, run in parallel, with models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, SpaceXAI, Meta, Moonshot, and Cursor, including Composer and Grok models Cursor trains with SpaceXAI. Running other vendors' agents is not documented.Skyflo's own agent plus seven external agents: Codex, Claude Code, Cursor Agent, Antigravity, Grok CLI, OpenCode, and Pi, and one custom ACP agent added through a manifest file. External agents use their own sign-in and models; Skyflo's own agent uses included models on paid plans or your Moonshot or Z.ai key. Orchestrate runs several on one mission and can pick the lead.
Cross-repository coordinationThe Agents Window manages agents across projects from one place, and cloud agents in multi-repo environments make coordinated changes and open a pull request in each repository they change.A workspace is an ordered set of up to eight registered Git checkouts, and one mission can span them. In Skyflo Cloud a mission spans one to five. Each writing specialist works in its own worktree, so edits stay apart while the work runs; integrating them is still a change you review.
Approval and mutation boundariesRun Modes (Auto-review, Allowlist, Run Everything) govern shell, MCP, and fetch calls for local agents, with optional sandboxing and a mode that asks before reading outside the workspace. Plan Mode produces an editable plan first. Cloud agents do not use Run Modes.One access mode governs every agent on a mission, Skyflo's own and the external ones. Skyflo answers each agent's permission requests by that mode and records the decision. In Full access, the default for a new Auto mission, prompts are off and folder confinement is lifted. Orchestrate starts at Ask for approval, and Plan mode waits for you to approve the plan.
Independent reviewDiff and pull-request review in the Agents Window, Agent Review for local changes, Bugbot on pull requests, and on Teams and Enterprise, Security Review, which reports exploitable bugs on each pull request.In Orchestrate missions, Skyflo adds a separate reviewer by strategy and risk, and Skyflo's own agent can start one. The reviewer can read, search, ask, and report, but cannot edit files. Not every mission is reviewed, and a review is a second opinion, not a guarantee.
Browser, terminal, and automation evidenceTerminal execution and an agent browser tool are documented. Cloud agents attach screenshots, videos, and logs to the pull request, and Automations run cloud agents on schedules or on events from GitHub, Slack, Linear, and webhooks.Code, browser, terminal, and automations share one workspace, where you and Skyflo's own agent work in the same browser and terminal. Each mission keeps an append-only record on your Mac of approvals, Skyflo tool calls, including external agents' calls through Skyflo's tools, and review findings, every event hash-linked to the one before it.
Cross-mission memory, provenance, and user controlCursor persists local chat history and SDK agent checkpoints: the CLI reopens previous chats, and SDK agents resume after a restart. Projects keep shared files where agents add what they learn, and Rules provide persistent instructions.Personal memory stored on your Mac, learned from finished missions with a link to its source. Skyflo keeps a memory when the evidence supports it; otherwise it waits for you to keep, correct, or dismiss it, and you can remove any memory later. A workflow verified in two repositories can become a Skill once you or an independent agent approves it. Reverting a Skill or a routing change alters what Skyflo does next, not past work.

First-party sources, dated.

Last reviewed Oct 22, 2026

Every statement about Cursor on this page is limited to behavior documented on these pages, on the date they were read. Where they do not cover a dimension, the table says so instead of guessing.

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