# Cursor — CLI Agent Modes and Cloud Handoff

- Company: Cursor (cursor.com)
- Announced: 2026-01-16T00:00:00+00:00
- Category: capability-change
- Subject: Cursor
- Source: https://cursor.com/changelog/cli-jan-16-2026
- Record: https://forck.live/items/2636-cli-agent-modes-and-cloud-handoff

Cursor CLI adds Plan mode and Ask mode for interactive planning and code exploration, introduces Handoff to Cloud Agents to continue conversations on web or mobile, provides word-level inline diffs, and enables one-click MCP authentication. The release also includes improvements like hooks, usage stats, web tools, better terminal support, and several bug fixes.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://cursor.com/changelog/cli-jan-16-2026:

> This release brings many of the editor’s most-loved features to the Cursor CLI, along with improvements that make it easier to use.

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