Cursor AI Chat Click Redirect

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Version 0.6.5 — VS Code / Cursor extension: optional logging of AI chat file-link opens, and optional redirect of selected file types to an external IDE (PyCharm, IntelliJ, WebStorm, etc.).

Built with AI assistance (Cursor). Part of the plugins monorepo.

Disclaimer

This extension is provided as is, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, or non-infringement. The authors, contributors, and publishers are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, loss of data, misdirected file opens, security issues, or other problems arising from use of this software—including interaction with Cursor AI chat, external IDEs, shell commands, or log files written to disk. You use this extension at your own risk and are responsible for reviewing settings, paths, and third-party tools you configure.

Use case

The extension fits a Cursor + external IDE workflow: you use Cursor mainly for AI chat (Composer, Agent, file links in replies) while editing and debugging happen in another tool.

Typical goals:

• navigate and debug the project in your main IDE with familiar tooling;
• keep PyCharm (or another IDE) as the editor while the Cursor agent suggests changes and links to files;
• optionally log chat link opens to a file for debugging (“what did the agent point at?”).

The extension does not replace Cursor or sync edits between editors.

Example workflow

Main editor: PyCharm. AI chat: Cursor.

1. In settings.json, set redirectFileExtensions (e.g. py) and optionally externalIdePath to pycharm64.exe.
2. In Cursor chat, the agent replies with a link to src/service.py:42 — you click it.
3. Cursor briefly opens a new tab; the extension launches PyCharm at that line and (by default) closes the tab in Cursor.
4. If logPath is set, events are written to the log file.

When redirect runs

Redirect is tied to a new editor tab in Cursor (onDidChangeTabs → opened), not to simply making a file active.

Implications:

• First click on a path from chat usually redirects; repeated clicks on the same link while the tab stays open may not redirect again.
• To force redirect again, close the file tab in Cursor and click the chat link once more (or open the link when the file is not already tabbed).

Logging (logPath set) for file.openedInCursor / file.closedInCursor follows the same extension list; events are still only written when logging is enabled.

Installation

cd plugins\vscode\cursor-ai-chat-click-redirect
build.bat

In Cursor / VS Code: F1 → Extensions: Install from VSIX → build\cursor-ai-chat-click-redirect-0.6.5.vsix.

Reload the window (Developer: Reload Window).

Quick configuration

{
  "cursorAiChatClickRedirect.redirectFileExtensions": "py,js,md",
  "cursorAiChatClickRedirect.externalIdePath": "C:\\Program Files\\JetBrains\\PyCharm 2025.1.2\\bin\\pycharm64.exe",
  "cursorAiChatClickRedirect.keepTabInCursorAfterRedirect": false,
  "cursorAiChatClickRedirect.logPath": "c:\\tmp\\ai_chat_click.log"
}

Settings appear in order with redirectFileExtensions first in the UI.

Status bar

• py,js → OS — redirect enabled for those extensions (click to edit the list).
• redirect off — redirect disabled (click to set extensions).

Commands

Log events

Written only when logPath is non-empty:

License

MIT — see LICENSE.