Cursor: An AI-native code editor that natively reads project rules and markdown instructions to guide its coding agent. AGENTS.md records 245,457 monthly visits with +5.7% month-over-month growth and Free pricing. Cursor records 23,297,751 monthly visits with +8.4% growth and Freemium pricing.
An open Markdown convention for telling coding agents how your project works
The AI coding agent for building ambitious software
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | agents.md | cursor.com |
| Pricing Model | Free | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 245.46K (245,457) | 23.3M (23,297,751) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +13.15K (+5.7%) | +1.8M (+8.4%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (18.1%) | 🇺🇸 United States (24.1%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 156.87K | 14.68M |
| User Rating | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
An open Markdown convention for telling coding agents how your project works
There are no required fields or special syntax. Use any headings you like and the agent parses the text you provide.
One AGENTS.md works across dozens of coding agents such as Codex, Cursor, Jules, Aider, Gemini CLI, Zed and Copilot.
Drop extra AGENTS.md files into subpackages; agents read the nearest file in the directory tree, so local instructions take precedence.
Keeps human-facing READMEs concise while giving agents the build, test and convention details they actually need.
The AI coding agent for building ambitious software
An agentic mode that plans changes, edits several files at once, runs tests, and iterates until the task is complete.
Background agents spin up their own environments to build, test, and demo features in parallel, then hand back results for review.
Fast inline suggestions plus codebase-wide semantic search and indexing so answers reflect your actual repository.
Switch between leading frontier models from multiple providers, or let Cursor select a model automatically for each task.
Provides powerful parallel AI coding agents via a desktop command center, but is less integrated into a traditional editor.
Provides powerful parallel AI coding agents via a desktop command center, but is less integrated into a traditional editor.
SpecialistEnables instant cloud-based full-stack app building from natural language, but is less suited for local offline repositories.
SpecialistEnables instant cloud-based full-stack app building from natural language, but is less suited for local offline repositories.
Free / Open-sourceOffers unmatched extension support and official Copilot integration, but lacks Cursor's out-of-the-box deep codebase indexing and agentic editing.
Free / Open-sourceOffers unmatched extension support and official Copilot integration, but lacks Cursor's out-of-the-box deep codebase indexing and agentic editing.
Features advanced multi-file planning and codebase reading, but lacks Cursor's smooth chat-to-edit inline workflows.
Features advanced multi-file planning and codebase reading, but lacks Cursor's smooth chat-to-edit inline workflows.
Focuses on spec-driven engineering and structured agent planning, but offers less fluid ad-hoc inline code generation than Cursor.
Focuses on spec-driven engineering and structured agent planning, but offers less fluid ad-hoc inline code generation than Cursor.
SpecialistOperates as a fully autonomous software engineer for complex tasks, but lacks the snappy interactive inline editing of Cursor.
SpecialistOperates as a fully autonomous software engineer for complex tasks, but lacks the snappy interactive inline editing of Cursor.
Free / Open-sourceThe coding agent that learns your coding taste
Free / Open-sourceThe coding agent that learns your coding taste
Delivers a polished AI-native IDE experience with multi-file generation, but has a smaller ecosystem than Cursor.
Delivers a polished AI-native IDE experience with multi-file generation, but has a smaller ecosystem than Cursor.
SpecialistAI-powered terminal and agentic software factory for development teams
SpecialistAI-powered terminal and agentic software factory for development teams
Supplies pre-packaged agent skills and instructions, but focuses on modular workflow templates rather than standard repository documentation files.
Supplies pre-packaged agent skills and instructions, but focuses on modular workflow templates rather than standard repository documentation files.
Free / Open-sourceIndexes open-source SKILL.md agent files, offering ready-to-use task definitions rather than a general project instruction file format.
Free / Open-sourceIndexes open-source SKILL.md agent files, offering ready-to-use task definitions rather than a general project instruction file format.
Excels at enterprise-grade context engines and team workflows, but is heavier to set up than Cursor.
Excels at enterprise-grade context engines and team workflows, but is heavier to set up than Cursor.
