Cursor is genuinely good at the thing it does. The problem isn't Cursor — the problem is that "your codebase" and "what you're trying to do" aren't always the same scope. Cursor is an editor with powerful in-repo agents. Corivo is a Mac-native agent over the surrounding context — and they run side by side.
TL;DR
- Cursor indexes your codebase semantically by default, runs frontier models against it, supports multi-root workspaces, exposes
.cursorrulesfor project-level instructions, and ships subagents / background agents that operate inside the editor. - Corivo runs as a Mac app and is its own AI agent. It reads your active screen, connects to Linear, GitHub, Slack, Notion, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Sentry, Intercom, Mem, Feishu, and more via one-click OAuth, and executes commands wherever you happen to be — not just in the editor.
You're not picking between them. Corivo runs alongside Cursor.
What Cursor sees today
In 2026, Cursor's defaults are stronger than they used to be:
- Default codebase indexing. Cursor builds a semantic vector index of your repo on first open and keeps it fresh.
- Multi-root workspaces. It can index multiple repos at once and run cross-repository queries.
- Up to 1M tokens of context on the frontier models.
.cursorrules— a project-root file with persistent, project-specific instructions.- Subagents and Background Agents. Long-running tasks can spin up parallel workers.
- Tab completion + chat + composer, all grounded in the indexed codebase.
What Cursor still doesn't see, on its own:
- The Linear ticket that explains why this change exists.
- The GitHub PR thread with reviewer constraints.
- The design doc in Notion or Google Docs.
- The Slack thread where the lead reviewer named the gotcha.
- The Gmail thread from the customer that started all of this.
- The Google Calendar event that gives you the actual deadline.
- What you were just reading in another window.
These omissions are the source of most "Cursor wrote the wrong thing" moments.
What Corivo adds
Corivo is an agent with the surrounding picture:
- Native screen context. Reads your active screen via macOS accessibility APIs, with no screenshots or pixel capture. Frames live locally in SQLite, recalled via hybrid search.
- First-party integrations, live now. Linear, GitHub, Slack, Notion, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Sentry, Intercom, Mem, Feishu, and more — connected via one-click OAuth from Settings.
corivo-agentis a local sidecar that executes commands using all of the above. "Prep me for the standup," "what changed in this Linear cycle," "draft a reply to the Gmail thread Marc forwarded."- Quick Ask is a hotkey overlay — always-on-top, transparent, visible on every workspace — so you can hand the agent a command without leaving the editor.
- Local-first. Your context lives on your Mac, never used to train models.
Corivo doesn't open Cursor, doesn't edit code through Cursor, and doesn't try to be Cursor — it's a parallel agent working off a different context surface.
Side by side
| Cursor | Corivo | |
|---|---|---|
| Core surface | Editor with in-repo agents | Local agent that executes commands across your work |
| Sees the codebase | Yes — semantic index by default | Indirectly, via screen context |
| Sees Linear / GitHub issues | Limited (manual or MCP per project) | Yes — Linear & GitHub connectors via one-click OAuth |
| Sees specs / decision docs | No | Yes — Notion & Google Docs via OAuth |
| Sees recent Slack decisions | No | Yes — Slack via OAuth |
| Sees Gmail / Calendar | No | Yes — Gmail & Google Calendar via OAuth |
| Sees what's on your active screen | No | Yes — accessibility APIs, no screenshots |
| Floating / overlay query | In-editor only | Quick Ask (hotkey, always-on-top, anywhere on your Mac) |
| Where indexing / memory lives | Cloud-side index | Local-first, on your Mac |
When you'll feel the difference
Most strongly:
- Refactors where the historical reason matters and isn't in the codebase.
- Migrations where a prior decision constrains the right shape.
- Implementing a ticket whose acceptance criteria live in Linear, Notion, or a Gmail thread — not in the repo.
- Bug fixes where Sentry data and the deploy that introduced the issue both matter.
Less strongly:
- Pure autocomplete (Cursor handles this great on its own).
- Small one-shot edits that don't depend on outside context.
How they coexist
Corivo doesn't replace any of Cursor's features. It runs as a separate Mac app and operates in parallel. Specifically:
- Corivo doesn't modify your code or your Cursor configuration.
- Corivo doesn't auto-open Cursor windows.
- Cursor's in-editor agents and Corivo's
corivo-agentboth have access to your work in different ways and don't step on each other.
Try it
Corivo is available for macOS today. Download Corivo for Mac and run it alongside Cursor.