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improvement: add useful error message when attempting to use unauthenticated cursor-agent #5300

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improvement: add useful error message when attempting to use unauthen…
alexeyre Oct 21, 2025
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fix: move cursor-agent auth check
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16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions crates/goose/src/providers/cursor_agent.rs
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Expand Up @@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ impl CursorAgentProvider {
})
}

/// Get authentication status from cursor-agent
async fn get_authentication_status(&self) -> bool {
Command::new(&self.command)
.arg("status")
.output()
.await
.ok()
.map(|output| String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).contains("✓ Logged in as"))
.unwrap_or(false)
}

/// Search for cursor-agent executable in common installation locations
fn find_cursor_agent_executable(command_name: &str) -> Option<String> {
let home = std::env::var("HOME").ok()?;
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})?;

if !exit_status.success() {
if !self.get_authentication_status().await {
return Err(ProviderError::Authentication(
"You are not logged in to cursor-agent. Please run 'cursor-agent login' to authenticate first."
.to_string()));
}
return Err(ProviderError::RequestFailed(format!(
"Command failed with exit code: {:?}",
exit_status.code()
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