diff --git a/packages/adapters/cursor-local/src/server/test.ts b/packages/adapters/cursor-local/src/server/test.ts
index 15263812..c8e53b98 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/cursor-local/src/server/test.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/cursor-local/src/server/test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import {
   ensurePathInEnv,
   runChildProcess,
 } from "@paperclipai/adapter-utils/server-utils";
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { DEFAULT_CURSOR_LOCAL_MODEL } from "../index.js";
 import { parseCursorJsonl } from "./parse.js";
@@ -49,6 +51,41 @@ function summarizeProbeDetail(stdout: string, stderr: string, parsedError: strin
   return clean.length > max ? `${clean.slice(0, max - 1)}…` : clean;
 }
 
+export interface CursorAuthInfo {
+  email: string | null;
+  displayName: string | null;
+  userId: number | null;
+}
+
+export function cursorConfigPath(cursorHome?: string): string {
+  return path.join(cursorHome ?? path.join(os.homedir(), ".cursor"), "cli-config.json");
+}
+
+export async function readCursorAuthInfo(cursorHome?: string): Promise<CursorAuthInfo | null> {
+  let raw: string;
+  try {
+    raw = await fs.readFile(cursorConfigPath(cursorHome), "utf8");
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+  let parsed: unknown;
+  try {
+    parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+  if (typeof parsed !== "object" || parsed === null) return null;
+  const obj = parsed as Record<string, unknown>;
+  const authInfo = obj.authInfo;
+  if (typeof authInfo !== "object" || authInfo === null) return null;
+  const info = authInfo as Record<string, unknown>;
+  const email = typeof info.email === "string" && info.email.trim().length > 0 ? info.email.trim() : null;
+  const displayName = typeof info.displayName === "string" && info.displayName.trim().length > 0 ? info.displayName.trim() : null;
+  const userId = typeof info.userId === "number" ? info.userId : null;
+  if (!email && !displayName && userId == null) return null;
+  return { email, displayName, userId };
+}
+
 const CURSOR_AUTH_REQUIRED_RE =
   /(?:authentication\s+required|not\s+authenticated|not\s+logged\s+in|unauthorized|invalid(?:\s+or\s+missing)?\s+api(?:[_\s-]?key)?|cursor[_\s-]?api[_\s-]?key|run\s+'?agent\s+login'?\s+first|api(?:[_\s-]?key)?(?:\s+is)?\s+required)/i;
 
@@ -109,12 +146,25 @@ export async function testEnvironment(
       detail: `Detected in ${source}.`,
     });
   } else {
-    checks.push({
-      code: "cursor_api_key_missing",
-      level: "warn",
-      message: "CURSOR_API_KEY is not set. Cursor runs may fail until authentication is configured.",
-      hint: "Set CURSOR_API_KEY in adapter env or run `agent login`.",
-    });
+    const cursorHome = isNonEmpty(env.CURSOR_HOME) ? env.CURSOR_HOME : undefined;
+    const cursorAuth = await readCursorAuthInfo(cursorHome).catch(() => null);
+    if (cursorAuth) {
+      checks.push({
+        code: "cursor_native_auth_present",
+        level: "info",
+        message: "Cursor is authenticated via `agent login`.",
+        detail: cursorAuth.email
+          ? `Logged in as ${cursorAuth.email}.`
+          : `Credentials found in ${cursorConfigPath(cursorHome)}.`,
+      });
+    } else {
+      checks.push({
+        code: "cursor_api_key_missing",
+        level: "warn",
+        message: "CURSOR_API_KEY is not set. Cursor runs may fail until authentication is configured.",
+        hint: "Set CURSOR_API_KEY in adapter env or run `agent login`.",
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   const canRunProbe =
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/cursor-local-adapter-environment.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/cursor-local-adapter-environment.test.ts
index e6892259..c873d34e 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/cursor-local-adapter-environment.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/cursor-local-adapter-environment.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ console.log(JSON.stringify({
 }
 
 describe("cursor environment diagnostics", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.stubEnv("CURSOR_API_KEY", "");
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+  });
+
   it("creates a missing working directory when cwd is absolute", async () => {
     const cwd = path.join(
       os.tmpdir(),
@@ -116,4 +123,73 @@ describe("cursor environment diagnostics", () => {
     expect(args).not.toContain("--trust");
     await fs.rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
   });
+
+  it("emits cursor_native_auth_present when cli-config.json has authInfo and CURSOR_API_KEY is unset", async () => {
+    const root = path.join(
+      os.tmpdir(),
+      `paperclip-cursor-auth-${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(16).slice(2)}`,
+    );
+    const cursorHome = path.join(root, ".cursor");
+    const cwd = path.join(root, "workspace");
+
+    try {
+      await fs.mkdir(cursorHome, { recursive: true });
+      await fs.writeFile(
+        path.join(cursorHome, "cli-config.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          authInfo: {
+            email: "test@example.com",
+            displayName: "Test User",
+            userId: 12345,
+          },
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const result = await testEnvironment({
+        companyId: "company-1",
+        adapterType: "cursor",
+        config: {
+          command: process.execPath,
+          cwd,
+          env: { CURSOR_HOME: cursorHome },
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(result.checks.some((check) => check.code === "cursor_native_auth_present")).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.checks.some((check) => check.code === "cursor_api_key_missing")).toBe(false);
+      const authCheck = result.checks.find((check) => check.code === "cursor_native_auth_present");
+      expect(authCheck?.detail).toContain("test@example.com");
+    } finally {
+      await fs.rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("emits cursor_api_key_missing when neither env var nor native auth exists", async () => {
+    const root = path.join(
+      os.tmpdir(),
+      `paperclip-cursor-noauth-${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(16).slice(2)}`,
+    );
+    const cursorHome = path.join(root, ".cursor");
+    const cwd = path.join(root, "workspace");
+
+    try {
+      await fs.mkdir(cursorHome, { recursive: true });
+      // No cli-config.json written
+
+      const result = await testEnvironment({
+        companyId: "company-1",
+        adapterType: "cursor",
+        config: {
+          command: process.execPath,
+          cwd,
+          env: { CURSOR_HOME: cursorHome },
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(result.checks.some((check) => check.code === "cursor_api_key_missing")).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.checks.some((check) => check.code === "cursor_native_auth_present")).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      await fs.rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
 });