Get Cursor/VSCode workspace ID by path (tested on Mac)

get_cursor_workspace_id.sh

# get_cursor_workspace_id.sh - Get Cursor workspace ID for a given path

# Check if path argument is provided
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 /path/to/workspace" >&2
    exit 1
fi

# Normalize input path (remove trailing slash)
SEARCH_PATH="${1%/}"

# Expand tilde in path
if [[ "$SEARCH_PATH" == "~"* ]]; then
    SEARCH_PATH="${SEARCH_PATH/#\~/$HOME}"
fi

# Look for workspace folders in Cursor storage
CURSOR_STORAGE_DIR="$HOME/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage"

# Try alternative location if not found
if [ ! -d "$CURSOR_STORAGE_DIR" ]; then
    CURSOR_STORAGE_DIR="$HOME/Library/Application Support/Cursor/workspaceStorage"
    
    if [ ! -d "$CURSOR_STORAGE_DIR" ]; then
        echo "Error: Cursor workspace storage not found" >&2
        exit 1
    fi
fi

# Find workspace ID for the specified path
for dir in "$CURSOR_STORAGE_DIR"/*; do
    if [ ! -d "$dir" ]; then
        continue
    fi
    
    dir_id=$(basename "$dir")
    
    # Check if workspace.json exists and extract folder path
    if [ -f "$dir/workspace.json" ]; then
        folder_path=$(grep -o '"folder":[^,]*' "$dir/workspace.json" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/"folder": "file:\/\/\///g' | sed 's/"//g')
        
        if [ -n "$folder_path" ]; then
            # Add leading slash if needed
            if [[ $folder_path == Users/* ]]; then
                folder_path="/$folder_path"
            fi
            
            # Remove trailing slash
            folder_path="${folder_path%/}"
            
            # Check for exact path match
            if [ "$folder_path" = "$SEARCH_PATH" ]; then
                echo "$dir_id"
                exit 0
            fi
        fi
    fi
done

# No workspace found
echo "Error: No workspace found for path: $SEARCH_PATH" >&2
exit 1