Give Cursor a memory that never forgets
Swylink gives Cursor intelligent, persistent context. Decisions from Claude Code, Windsurf, or Copilot are searchable by meaning — Cursor always knows what happened.
Connect Cursor in 4 steps
- 01Installnpx swylink@latest init
- 02Authenticatenpx swylink auth
- 03Connectnpx swylink connect
- 04CodeOpen Cursor & go
Where Swylink writes the Cursor config
.cursor/mcp.jsonRunning npx swylink connect automatically detects Cursor and writes the MCP bridge configuration to this path. No manual editing required.
Why Cursor needs persistent cross-tool memory
Cursor is one of the most powerful AI-first editors available, but its context model has a fundamental limitation: it is project-scoped and session-limited. Your .cursorrules file defines project conventions, and Cursor's Composer can orchestrate multi-file edits with impressive accuracy. But the moment you close that session or switch to Claude Code for a complex refactoring task, all of that accumulated context — the architectural decisions you discussed, the API patterns you settled on, the dependency trade-offs you evaluated — vanishes.
Swylink bridges this gap by acting as a persistent semantic memory layer. Every decision made during a Cursor Composer session is automatically captured with structured metadata: what changed, why it changed, which files were affected, and what tags describe the domain. When you later open Claude Code to tackle a deeper refactoring or debug a production issue, you can search "why did we restructure the auth module" and instantly retrieve the reasoning from your Cursor session.
This is especially valuable for developers who use Cursor for rapid prototyping and multi-file editing, then switch to Claude Code for complex architectural work. Without Swylink, you would need to re-explain every prior decision. With Swylink, your AI tools share a unified memory — Cursor's speed meets Claude Code's depth, with zero context loss between them.
Context that flows from Cursor to your other AI tools
When you work in Cursor, Swylink captures the decisions that matter: architecture choices made during Composer sessions, package selections and why alternatives were rejected, API design decisions and endpoint structures, file restructuring rationale and module boundaries, naming conventions established during refactoring, and performance trade-offs discussed with the AI. Later, when you open Claude Code or Windsurf, you can search by meaning — ask "why did we choose this API structure" and get the exact decision from your Cursor session, complete with the reasoning and affected files.
Frequently asked questions about Swylink and Cursor
Does Swylink work with Cursor's Composer?
Yes. Swylink captures context from all Cursor interactions, including Composer multi-file editing sessions. When Composer makes architectural decisions across multiple files, Swylink persists those decisions with structured metadata so they are searchable from any other AI tool in your stack.
Where is the MCP config for Cursor?
Cursor reads its MCP configuration from .cursor/mcp.json in your project root. Running npx swylink connect automatically detects Cursor and writes the correct server block to this file. No manual JSON editing is required.
Can Swylink read my .cursorrules?
Swylink does not read or modify your .cursorrules file. It operates through the MCP protocol as a separate tool that Cursor can call. Your .cursorrules continue to work as before — Swylink adds persistent cross-tool memory on top of Cursor's existing project configuration.