Devin Desktop (eski Windsurf) vs Cursor Comparison

# Documented Devin CLI installation and commands (docs.devin.ai/cli)
curl -fsSL https://cli.devin.ai/install.sh | bash
brew install --cask devin-cli
brew upgrade --cask devin-cli

# Starting a session
devin
devin -- check out this code and suggest a feasible, helpful feature
devin -p "prompt"

# Session management
devin -c
devin --continue
devin -r brisk-otter
devin --cloud
devin --cloud -r https://app.devin.ai/sessions/…
devin ssh <session-id-or-url>

# Permission mode (at session launch)
devin --permission-mode smart
devin --permission-mode bypass
devin --sandbox --permission-mode autonomous

# Slash commands inside the REPL
/normal
/accept-edits
/plan
/ask
/model
/resume <id>
/add-dir <path>
/compact
/handoff

// Cursor — .cursor/mcp.json (project) or ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global)
// Docs: https://cursor.com/docs/mcp

// Local (STDIO) server
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-name": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "value"
      }
    }
  }
}

// Remote (HTTP/SSE) server — no separate "transport" key as documented
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-name": {
      "url": "http://localhost:3000/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "API_KEY": "value"
      }
    }
  }
}

// Remote server with static OAuth
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oauth-server": {
      "url": "https://api.example.com/mcp",
      "auth": {
        "CLIENT_ID": "your-oauth-client-id",
        "CLIENT_SECRET": "your-client-secret",
        "scopes": ["read", "write"]
      }
    }
  }
}