Create an Origin repository

Create an empty Origin repository from the web UI, or ask a Cursor agent to create one for you. Then clone it and push with git. If the code already lives on GitHub, mirror the repository instead.

Create in the UI

From cursor.com/codebase:

1. Select New
2. In the New repo dialog, enter a Repo Name. If the repo will be owned by a team codebase, also choose Internal or Private visibility. Repos owned by a personal account are always created as private, so the visibility chooser is not shown.
3. Select Create Repo

After creation, open the repo to copy the clone URL from the green Code button and push from your machine.

Sync from GitHub

To copy an existing GitHub repository into Origin, select Sync from GitHub on the codebase home instead of New. You choose the GitHub organization and repository, then confirm the sync. See Mirror a GitHub repository for prerequisites, what syncs, and how to detach from GitHub.

Create with a Cursor agent

Cursor agents can create Origin repositories as part of a task. Ask the agent in Cursor to create a repo on Origin; it can install the Origin CLI, sign in, create the repo, set the remote, and push.

Agents use the same permissions as your Cursor account. You need access to Origin code storage for the create to succeed. Cloud agents can work against existing Origin repositories: clone, branch, commit, and push. On a repo created on Origin they can open Origin pull requests; on a mirrored GitHub repo they open GitHub pull requests.

Name, visibility, and sharing

Enter a Repo Name in the New repo dialog. What comes next depends on whether the repo is owned by a team codebase or by your personal account.

Team-owned repos

• Choose visibility in the New repo dialog:
  • Internal, visible to anyone on your team with access to the codebase
  • Private, visible only to members granted access directly or through codebase permissions
• Team access follows your Cursor team and codebase access
• After creation, manage visibility and per-repo access from the repository Settings tab. See Settings.

Personal repos

• Repos created under a personal account are always Private and visible only to you by default. The New repo dialog does not show a visibility chooser for personal repos.
• To share a personal repo, open the repo, go to Settings, then Collaborators, and invite the people you want to give access.

Push your first commit

After you create an empty repo in the UI, initialize a local project and push:

git clone https://origin.cursor.com/{owner}/{repo}.gitcd {repo}# add your filesgit add .git commit -m "Initial commit"git push -u origin main

If you already have a local project:

cd your-projectgit remote add origin https://origin.cursor.com/{owner}/{repo}.gitgit push -u origin main