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Cursor CLI Jan 2026: Model Controls, MCP Management, 10x Hooks

Cursor's CLI gets model controls, MCP management, and 10x faster hooks. New agent command, /rules, /commands, and UX fixes for multi-line prompts.

TL;DR

New agent command replaces cursor-agent with model listing and MCP server controls
Hooks now execute 10x faster with parallel processing and merged responses
CLI UX improvements: Shift+Enter for newlines, Ctrl+D follows shell standards, auto-named tabs

agent command — Primary CLI entrypoint replacing cursor-agent (backward compatible alias remains)
agent models command — List all available models with agent models, --list-models flag, or /models slash command
/mcp enable and /mcp disable — Toggle MCP servers on the fly without restarting
/rules command — Create and edit rules directly from CLI
/commands command — Create and edit commands directly from CLI
Auto-named tabs — Tabs now automatically name themselves based on chat content
MCP server names with spaces — All /mcp commands now support spaces in server names
Subcommand history — Executed subcommands are now recorded in command history

Hooks performance — Parallel execution with merged responses reduces latency by 10x
afterFileEdit hook — Now correctly provides old_string with previous file content for proper diff capture
Shift+Enter behavior — Inserts newline instead of submitting, making multi-line prompts easier
Ctrl+D behavior — Now follows standard shell behavior, requiring double-press to exit