The update marks a clear step by Cursor to move beyond coding and into full web application design using artificial intelligence.
Cursor has launched a new AI agent driven feature called Visual Editor that allows users to design and modify web applications through simple prompts. The tool brings a vibe coding style workflow to visual user interface creation and aims to reduce friction between design and development.
According to a blog post dated December 11, Visual Editor offers professional grade design controls similar to traditional design software. Users can ask Cursor’s AI agent to make changes using natural language, while also retaining the option to manually edit designs.
The tool supports dragging elements, inspecting components and props, and describing changes through point and click actions. Cursor said Visual Editor helps bridge the gap between design and code by giving users access to their web app, codebase, and visual editing tools within a single window.
Visual Editor is available through Cursor Browser, the company’s agentic AI web browser. While Cursor is widely known for its AI coding tools, this launch shows the company expanding into other stages of the software creation process by bringing design and development together on one platform.
Cursor faces growing competition from major technology companies and AI firms, even as it continues to gain traction among developers.
“The core that we care about, professional developers, never changes. But in reality, developers are not by themselves. They work with a lot of people, and anyone making software should be able to find something useful out of Cursor,” said Ryo Lu, Cursor’s head of design, as quoted by a technology publication.
“Before, designers used to live in their own world of pixels and frames, and they don’t really translate to code. So teams had to build processes to hand off tasks back and forth between developers and designers, but there was a lot of friction,” Lu said. “We kind of melded the design world and the coding world together into one interface with one AI agent,” he added.
A demo of the tool shows a design panel on the right side that allows users to adjust fonts, add buttons, create menus, and change backgrounds. A chat interface on the left lets users send requests like “make this button’s background color red,” which the AI agent applies directly to the codebase.
Founded in 2023, Cursor has crossed $1 billion in annual recurring revenue and counts companies such as Salesforce, Nvidia, and PwC as customers. In November, it raised $2.3 billion in funding, taking its valuation close to $30 billion.
Most of Cursor’s tools run on licensed AI models, but the company is also working on building its own models. Its browser, launched earlier this year, operates directly within its coding environment.
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