Switch2Cursor

Open your vault or current note in Cursor with one click. Bridge your notes and AI coding workflow.

Repository: https://github.com/xingzixhh/switch2cursor

Features

• Open vault: Open the entire vault folder in Cursor
• Open current note: Open the active Markdown file in Cursor
• Smart window reuse: Detect whether Cursor already has the target directory open (including sub-projects in .code-workspace); reuse the window if so, otherwise open a new one
• File explorer context menu: Right-click any file or folder to open it in Cursor
• Editor context menu: Right-click inside a note to jump to Cursor
• Command palette: Open vault in Cursor / Open current file in Cursor
• Ribbon icon: Click the external-link icon to open the current note

Installation

From the community plugin directory

1. Open Settings → Community plugins → Browse
2. Search for Switch2Cursor
3. Install and enable the plugin

Manual install (development)

1. Copy this project into your vault plugin folder:

   <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/switch-to-cursor/
   

2. Build the plugin:

   npm install
   npm run build
   

3. Enable Switch2Cursor under Settings → Community plugins

Requirements

• Desktop app only (Windows / macOS / Linux)
• Cursor installed, with the cursor CLI available (enable "Add to PATH" during installation)

Usage

Configure the Cursor command path, cursor navigation, notifications, and debug options under Settings → Switch2Cursor.

Cursor CLI paths

Development

npm install
npm run dev    # watch mode, outputs main.js
npm run build  # production build

Source code lives in src/. Internal documentation is available in project_document/.

Chinese documentation: README.zh-CN.md

License

MIT