Agent Setup

Each agent has specific prerequisites. The daemon install and registration is the same for all.

Claude Code

Prerequisite: Claude Code CLI installed and authenticated

# Install Claude Code CLI (if needed)
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
claude auth

# Install daemon
npm install -g @cmdctrl/claude-code

# Register with Cmd+Ctrl Cloud and start
cmdctrl-claude-code register -s https://api.cmd-ctrl.ai
cmdctrl-claude-code start

Then open app.cmd-ctrl.ai to start a session or connect to existing ones.

Detailed setup →

Cursor IDE Beta

Prerequisite: Cursor running with remote debugging enabled

# Start Cursor with debugging port
cursor --remote-debugging-port=9222

# Install daemon
npm install -g @cmdctrl/cursor-ide

# Register with Cmd+Ctrl Cloud and start
cmdctrl-cursor-ide register -s https://api.cmd-ctrl.ai
cmdctrl-cursor-ide start

Then open app.cmd-ctrl.ai to start a session or connect to existing ones.

Detailed setup →

Aider

Prerequisite: Aider and AgentAPI installed

# Install Aider (if needed)
pip install aider-chat

# Install AgentAPI
pip install agentapi

# Install daemon
npm install -g @cmdctrl/aider

# Register with Cmd+Ctrl Cloud and start
cmdctrl-aider register -s https://api.cmd-ctrl.ai
cmdctrl-aider start

Then open app.cmd-ctrl.ai to start a session or connect to existing ones.

Detailed setup →

After Installing

All agents use the same commands:

# Register (replace <agent> with claude-code, cursor-ide, or aider)
cmdctrl-<agent> register -s https://api.cmd-ctrl.ai

# Start
cmdctrl-<agent> start

# Check status
cmdctrl-<agent> status

See Daemon Commands for all commands.