Cursor on iPad, Codex model migrations, and the identity layer for agentic tools

The iPad arrives and India gets a local plan

The biggest story of the week is Cursor for iPad, landing on all paid plans with a layout rebuilt for the larger screen. The app brings the full Cursor experience to a tablet: pinned sidebar chats, split-screen review alongside a chat, and full file diffs. Both iPhone and iPad gain an inbox and a complete PR review surface covering comments, checks, and approvals — making it possible to review and merge code from anywhere. Cursor also introduced a Start plan for India at ₹649 per month with local pricing and UPI payment support, including Grok 4.5, cloud agents, iOS access, and plugins. The move brings daily agentic development to a price point that makes sense for the Indian market.

OpenAI reshapes the Codex experience

OpenAI posted two significant changes to Codex this week. First, GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 mini will retire from Codex for ChatGPT-signed-in users on August 31. Users must replace gpt-5.4 with gpt-5.6-terra and gpt-5.4-mini with gpt-5.6-luna before the cutoff. The models remain available on the OpenAI API and Codex sessions authenticated with an API key. Separately, OpenAI launched Sign in with ChatGPT in beta, allowing users to create or link accounts with supported plugins and partner sites including Airtable, GitLab, Notion, and Vercel. Partners receive only name, email, and profile picture; plugin access approval remains a separate step. This is a meaningful step toward a unified identity layer for the agentic ecosystem.

Multi-repo review, MCP shifts, and session polish

Codex also added multi-repository review, letting you review changes across multiple repositories in a single project view. The same update brings image editing with an expanded viewer and comment capabilities, browser history search from the address bar, and improved Windows installation reliability. On the CLI side, Codex CLI 0.146.0 introduced session naming, thread forking with paginated history, and support for Agent Plugins across Amazon Bedrock and Claude Code marketplaces. Proxy configuration is now honored across authentication, plugins, MCP, and remote execution.

Cognition shipped two releases. Devin changed MCP execution to its own servers instead of the session's remote machine, and redesigned the Changes tab with a persistent file tree sidebar and full-width diffs. The following day, SCIM provisioning reached GA for enterprise users, unified diff views gained word-level highlights, and automation Devins can now work over Slack DMs.

xAI's Grok Build had a busy week with five releases. The most notable: version 0.2.113 fixed credential loss across processes and added MCP CLI management (grok mcp enable/disable), along with automatic recovery from repetitive loops enabled by default. Version 0.2.115 fixed chat history corruption and infinite redirect loops in embedded previews. Version 0.2.114 added a /delete command and fixed a startup crash on machines with no free threads. Version 0.2.116 added streaming JSON output for headless mode and a /undo slash command, while version 0.2.117 added custom TLS certificates via GROK_EXTRA_CA_BUNDLE and faster terminal resize on long conversations.

The week's theme

The dominant pattern this week is about making agentic tools more accessible — whether through a new device form factor (Cursor on iPad), a new pricing model (Cursor Start in India), a new identity layer (Sign in with ChatGPT), or enterprise features like SCIM provisioning and MCP tooling. The ecosystem is maturing from experimental tools to production-ready platforms.