From da585ec5a4ad34353226cb57565e60b162ec84a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:37:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add Allow Cursor To Be Launched From CLI as a Cursor TIL

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 README.md                                     |  6 +++-
 .../allow-cursor-to-be-launched-from-cli.md   | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 cursor/allow-cursor-to-be-launched-from-cli.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c49fc96..9b25d04 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pairing with smart people at Hashrocket.
 
 For a steady stream of TILs, [sign up for my newsletter](https://crafty-builder-6996.ck.page/e169c61186).
 
-_1669 TILs and counting..._
+_1670 TILs and counting..._
 
 See some of the other learning resources I work on:
 
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Style A Background With A Linear Gradient](css/style-a-background-with-a-linear-gradient.md)
 - [Using Maps In SCSS](css/using-maps-in-scss.md)
 
+### Cursor
+
+- [Allow Cursor To Be Launched From CLI](cursor/allow-cursor-to-be-launched-from-cli.md)
+
 ### Deno
 
 - [Read In The Contents Of A File](deno/read-in-the-contents-of-a-file.md)
diff --git a/cursor/allow-cursor-to-be-launched-from-cli.md b/cursor/allow-cursor-to-be-launched-from-cli.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..354c7d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cursor/allow-cursor-to-be-launched-from-cli.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Allow Cursor To Be Launched From CLI
+
+It is nice to be able to open Cursor for a specific project directly from the
+terminal like so:
+
+```bash
+$ cd ~/dev/my/project
+
+$ cursor .
+```
+
+For the `cursor` launcher binary to be available like that, we have to find it
+and add it to the path.
+
+It is probably located in the `/Applications` folder and within that nested down
+a couple directories is a `bin` directory that contains the binary we're looking
+for.
+
+```bash
+ls /Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin
+ bin/
+├──  code*
+├──  cursor*
+└──  cursor-tunnel*
+```
+
+The `cursor` binary is what we want, so let's add that to our path. In my case,
+I'll add this to my `~/.zshrc` file.
+
+```bash
+export PATH="/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin:$PATH"
+```