Claude Code is Anthropic's coding agent across terminal, IDE, web, and managed integrations. Cursor is a standalone code editor with local and cloud agent workflows plus CLI and web access.
Claude Code is Anthropic's coding agent for working directly with a codebase from the terminal, supported IDEs, the web, GitHub, Slack, and other product surfaces.
Cursor is a code editor from Anysphere with code completion and agents that can inspect repositories, edit files, run terminal commands, and work from desktop, terminal, or web surfaces.
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Coding agent available across Anthropic-supported terminal, IDE, web, GitHub, Slack, and related surfaces
Standalone code editor with integrated agents, CLI, web, and cloud-agent surfaces
Works with supported IDE integrations rather than replacing the editor
Ships as its own desktop code editor
Includes Anthropic-managed web and cloud surfaces
Cloud agents run in isolated development environments and can continue independently of the local machine
Terminal-first repository inspection, editing, commands, and code review
Editor and CLI workflows with repository search, multi-file editing, and command execution
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