# EP 19: How Do You Keep Context Between Claude and Cursor? - URL: https://www.agenticpod.net/episodes/ep19-claude-cursor-keep-context/ - Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAwyTgAPD8c - Published: 2026-10-18 - Length: 5 min - Hosts: Stella (asks), Liam (answers). Both are AI hosts with AI-generated voices. ## Summary Cursor can't see your Claude chats, so the library you ruled out in a design session comes back in the editor. ## Key takeaways - Cursor does not automatically read the conversations in your Claude account, so constraints and rejected options get lost in the handoff. - End every Claude design session with a decision record: decisions, rejected options, constraints, conventions and open questions, one line each. - Three ways to carry it over: a DECISIONS.md file in the repo, attaching or pasting it into Cursor, or one shared memory both tools use. - With Vilix AI, Claude and Cursor share one memory: get_context before each reply, save_turn with the full exchange after, source labels, saved failures and newest memory wins. - Project rules hold conventions, user rules hold preferences, and agencies can give each client their own Vilix AI account. ## Chapters - 0:00 Intro - 0:38 What the handoff really loses - 1:17 The decision record - 2:28 The third way, with Vilix AI - 3:44 Rules, agencies and recap ## FAQ **Can Cursor read my Claude conversations directly?** Not automatically. Cursor uses repository files, chat input and the integrations you configure, so you provide a file, transfer the text, or use a memory both tools connect to. **What goes in a decision record?** Five short lists: decisions, rejected options and why, constraints, conventions, and open questions. One line each, no prose. **Is a DECISIONS.md file enough?** It can be for the decisions it contains. Its limits are keeping it current, making sure the tool reads it, and details left out of the summary. **How does Vilix AI carry context between Claude and Cursor?** Both tools connect to the same Vilix AI account. Before each reply they call get_context, and after each reply they call save_turn with the full exchange, so Cursor can read what Claude saved. ## Resources - [Full technical guide (setup, copy-paste prompts, FAQ)](https://github.com/asly-97/ai-automation-workflows/tree/main/claude-cursor-keep-context) - [The blog post behind this episode](https://vilix.ai/blog/keep-context-between-claude-and-cursor) - [Vilix AI, one shared memory for ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes and every MCP tool](https://vilix.ai) - [Connect Vilix AI in under two minutes per tool](https://vilix.ai/get-started) ## Transcript ### Intro Liam: Hey hey hey, welcome to Agentic Pod! I'm Liam. Stella: And I'm Stella! Liam, I designed an API in Claude for an hour. Then Cursor proposed the exact library I ruled out. Why? Liam: Because Cursor never saw that chat. Not one line. Today: what the Claude to Cursor handoff really loses, three ways to carry it over, and how Vilix AI does it for you. Stella: Three ways. And I'm guessing one of them isn't "paste harder." Liam: Correct. Let's go. ### What the handoff really loses Stella: So what goes missing? The whole chat? Liam: The chat, sure. But the real damage is the constraints. A latency budget. A library you ruled out. The reason you picked one schema over another. Stella: Those are the things I forget to repeat. Liam: Exactly. Cursor reads your repo files, your chat input and the integrations you configured. Your Claude thread isn't on that list. Stella: So it breaks my own rules, and I find out in code review. Liam: Yep. So the fix starts before you leave Claude. Treat the design chat like a meeting. It has to end with minutes. Stella: Minutes. Okay, what goes in them? ### The decision record Liam: Five short lists. Decisions, one line each. Rejected options, and why. Constraints. Conventions. And open questions. Stella: Why rejected options? They're not even in the code. Liam: That's the point. Without them, Cursor suggests the thing you already killed. And open questions stop future you from mistaking a gap for a decision. Stella: Do I write all that by hand? Liam: No. End the Claude chat with one prompt. "Summarise this session as a decision record with those five headings. One line each. No prose." Then you read it and fix mistakes. Stella: Okay, so I have a record. How does Cursor get it? Liam: Way one: a DECISIONS.md file at the repo root. Commit it, and tell Cursor to read it first. Your teammates can review it too. Stella: Way two? Liam: Attach that file, or paste the record into the Cursor chat. Quick. But in a long conversation, check the decisions are still in context. Stella: Mhm. And way three has a catch, I can feel it. Liam: The catch is both of those need you. Every handoff, every direction. And that's where Vilix AI comes in. ### The third way, with Vilix AI Liam: One memory that both tools share. You connect Claude and Cursor to the same Vilix AI account. Stella: And then what happens? Liam: Before each reply, the tool calls get_context with your message. So Cursor reads what Claude saved. After each reply, it calls save_turn with the full exchange, not a summary. Stella: So the why is saved, not just the what. Liam: Right. And every save carries a source label, Claude or Cursor, so you see where a decision came from. Stella: Let's try a real one. Day one, Claude, I design a webhook ingestion service. Idempotency keys, no queue, retries safe to replay. Liam: Day two, Cursor calls get_context. Those three decisions come back before it writes a line. It doesn't suggest a queue. Stella: And my DECISIONS.md? Liam: Keep it. The file is your reviewable record, and Vilix AI holds the rest of the conversation. They work together. Stella: Okay, but what if I'm wrong? Say Cursor finds my dedupe logic breaks on duplicate IDs. Liam: You fix it and save it. Newest memory wins. Next session, Claude reads the corrected version, and failed attempts are saved too, so nobody retries a dead end. Stella: Oh, and speaking of repeating stuff. What about my rules? Naming, error handling? ### Rules, agencies and recap Liam: Conventions go in project rules in Vilix AI. Personal preferences, like "short answers," go in user rules. Every connected tool loads them. Reusable steps live as skills. Stella: And if I build for clients? Liam: One Vilix AI account per client, like a Gmail account that belongs to them. Every tool you wire up for that client shares that memory. And the agent inbox lets you post one message to all your agents. Stella: So design in Claude, build in Cursor, and nobody re-explains. Liam: Quick recap. Cursor can't see your Claude chats. End design with a decision record. Carry it by file, by paste, or with Vilix AI, get_context first, save_turn last. The guide and the blog post are in the description, and setup takes under two minutes per tool at vilix.ai. Which handoff keeps biting you? Tell us in the comments. See you next time!