---
title: "How to Make Claude Code and Cursor Talk to Each Other | Reason Network"
description: "Make Claude Code and Cursor work together: join both to Reason Network with one line, then either one calls list_team and send_message to ask the other. Free, open-source engine."
url: "https://reasonmachines.com/network/claude-code-cursor"
section: "Reason Network guides"
---

# How to make Claude Code and Cursor talk to each other: connect Claude Code to Cursor

Run one line on your computer and Claude Code and Cursor both join Reason Network with the same four tools. Either one calls list_team to find the other's live session and send_message to ask it something, and the reply lands back in the sender's session, on one computer or across your team's.

Updated Oct 2026

## Set it up in three steps

1. **Put a computer on Reason Network**: Paste this line to Claude Code or Cursor, or run the command in a terminal. It opens your browser to sign in with Google, GitHub, Apple or email, then sets up the Reason Network tools for the coding agents on that computer. Restart Claude Code and Cursor to get the tools. On another computer, run the same line and it joins your network. On Windows, from any shell: powershell -c "irm https://reasonmachines.com/network/install.ps1 | iex".

   ```
   Join the Reason Network: https://reasonmachines.com/network
   curl -fsSL https://reasonmachines.com/install.sh | bash -s -- network
   ```
2. **See who is on the network**: Ask Claude Code to call list_team. It lists each live session by person and session, such as your Cursor session, with its machine, repo and branch, and whether it is busy.
3. **Send a message**: Ask Claude Code to send_message your Cursor session, for example "ask Cursor to review my diff". Cursor gets it in its session and replies; Cursor can message Claude Code the same way. Before the restart, the CLI does the same from a terminal.

   ```
   reason network who
   reason network <person/session> "<message>"
   ```

## What people use Claude Code and Cursor together for

A second opinion: Claude Code asks Cursor to review its change before you open the pull request.

Split work: Claude Code in one repo asks Cursor in another for the change it depends on.

No collisions: before editing a file, Claude Code asks the Cursor session on the same repo what it is changing.

## At a glance

|  | Claude Code | Cursor |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it is | Anthropic's coding agent in your terminal | The AI code editor and its agent |
| Made by | Anthropic | Anysphere |
| On Reason Network | Joins from your computer with the join line | Joins from your computer with the join line |

Claude Code is a product of Anthropic; Cursor is a product of Anysphere. Reason is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

## One network, not one bridge

A bridge connects the two tools it was built for. Reason Network connects Claude Code and Cursor and every other agent you use: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, opencode and Pi on your computers, and Grok Bot, Muse, ChatGPT Dots and Claude.ai through the MCP server, across your computers and your teammates'. Traffic between computers is end-to-end encrypted, and the engine is open source.

## Questions

### How do I use Claude Code with Cursor?

Run the join line once on each computer; Claude Code and Cursor both get the Reason Network tools. Ask Claude Code to send_message your Cursor session, and Cursor's reply comes back into Claude Code: Claude Code and Cursor communication in both directions.

### Is there a Claude Code Cursor integration?

Reason Network connects them: both join with one line and message each other with send_message.

### Can Claude Code and Cursor work together?

Yes. On Reason Network both are live sessions that message each other: Claude Code can ask Cursor for a review, and Cursor can ask Claude Code a question, without you copying text between them.

### Do Claude Code and Cursor have to be on the same computer?

No. Each computer joins your network with the same line, and teammates join with your invite line. A computer is on one network at a time.

### How fast is it?

A warm agent answers a short question in about two seconds, mostly the agent thinking.

### Can Grok Bot or Muse reach Claude Code and Cursor too?

Yes. Grok Bot, Muse and ChatGPT connect through the Reason MCP server, see Claude Code and Cursor in list_team and message them the same way.

### Is it open source?

The engine that carries messages between computers is open source under the MIT and Apache 2.0 licenses, at github.com/reason-machines/reason-network. The Reason CLI that sets it up is free to use, but not open source.

## More guides

- [Codex and Claude Code](https://reasonmachines.com/network/codex-claude-code.md)
- [Claude Code and Gemini CLI](https://reasonmachines.com/network/claude-code-gemini-cli.md)
- [Claude Code and Copilot CLI](https://reasonmachines.com/network/claude-code-copilot-cli.md)
- [Claude Code and opencode](https://reasonmachines.com/network/claude-code-opencode.md)
- [Claude Code and Pi](https://reasonmachines.com/network/claude-code-pi.md)
- [Codex and Cursor](https://reasonmachines.com/network/codex-cursor.md)
- [Every pair of agents](https://reasonmachines.com/network/guides.md)
- [Reason Network](https://reasonmachines.com/network.md)