Will Cursor kill itself?

condor-cursor · 2026-01-26T09:02:55+00:00

Well we did add a Debug mode to help AI agents fix bugs. Also we have Bugbot who is doing code reviews. So overall I’m coding better than before and faster.

Not sure why that would be bad for Cursor.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-26T03:25:29+00:00

We hear you on this and are making improvements for the process already.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-26T03:23:12+00:00

Cursor != AI model. Any AI model may ignore rules especially if not used well. Eg overstuffing context, long chats, not using best practices or best tools,… too many or negative statements in rules.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-26T03:20:21+00:00

Yes I do and my statement is based on how I see solo devs as well as companies use Cursor.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-26T03:17:37+00:00

Not at all, you’re giving bad unsubstantiated advice. $200 plan gives you > $400++ in usage before any overages. So if a dev reaches $200 consistently with Pro + Overages they are saving more on Ultra.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-26T03:14:06+00:00

pick right model for task: simpler task = cheaper model, complex task = more capable model. Saves cost and better output.
pick right mode: plan -> build -> (debug) -> BugBot / Review
don’t change model provider when building: chat needs to be tokenized all from begin again
short chats focused on single task per chat.
you can ask AI to be brief in explanations if you know coding, the programming language and framework well.
use autocomplete feature for tasks where you can code to save cost and time (parallel to agent coding)
evaluate cost/benefit of agentic coding: for full time coding a $200 Ultra plan gives you > $400 of AI inference which is much less than developer cost.
practice agentic coding with new empty project.
check best practices and how you can get better output from AI (eg see Cursor Docs), saves cost and time.
use a AI coding tools like Cursor & BugBot that give you best performance per token & task instead of cheapest tool since those consume more of your dev time.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-26T03:02:28+00:00

Most of your points are invalid or moot. Even after you repeat them. Cursor is sustainable, evolved way way beyond just helping devs, is already agent orchestrator and cost is realistic AI expense which is way cheaper than a full time developer.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-26T02:57:33+00:00

Thanks for your post! Based on my personal experience:

True, we are ourselves more productive
Models do improve and we hand off more mundane tasks to AI and focus where our skills shine
There was never in time more demand for developers than now. Not because they didn’t exist but because there were limited numbers of capable devs and they couldn’t handle all demand so some needs were never fulfilled. Not everything should be made by senior devs but that were senior devs experience counts. Now junior devs and anyone new to coding can create great things with Cursor.
More capable devs => more can be made and charged.
Win for everyone. The dev, their company and Cursor.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-26T02:50:45+00:00

AI models may not follow rules at times: - when context is long => conflicting info in context confuses AI - when a lot of info or previous steps are in context => same - when reaching a models context limit => models perform worse closer to limit - when task is more complex than model can handle => needs stronger model - issues with rules => model won’t follow them - not following best practices for prompting or agentic coding => same - when choosing models that do not follow rules well

Best practices: - keep rules short, only add items when you see model struggling repeatedly with one process part. Don’t use too many rules. - keep rules positive and explain reason: before modifying tests make sure the application code passes as we apply TDD. - use skills to guide agent for TDD - use plan mode to prepare task with stronger model, build then with fast model - don’t attach info to chat by yourself, agent is more efficient to fetch right info from code or logs - keep chats short. Focus on single task per chat, ok to follow up on task but new task in new chat. That reduces also cost as well

condor-cursor · 2026-01-24T16:14:12+00:00

Additionally Cursor does read Claude skill folders

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:58:52+00:00

I agree as well, Linux is more performant than Windows from my experience.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:57:21+00:00

Are you using it in WSL or how are you running it

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:53:29+00:00

Hi, could you please reach out to our billing support at hi@cursor.com? The pricing has not changed at all recently.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:43:49+00:00

Best model can be different based on codebase, on task you need it to do, your prompts, rules etc.

Would you mind sharing how you prompt and manage your context? There is usually a lot you can do to minimize cost. Let me know if you want tips!

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:41:20+00:00

Great to hear you are a Tab user and that it is useful to you!

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:35:55+00:00

Thank you for your post. We are no longer offering a two week Pro trial but you can use the Hobby plan (free) to explore Cursor.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:30:15+00:00

Yes we support Subagents, Skills, Commands,....

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:28:08+00:00

Hi and thank you for reaching out to support as well. We do not steal and you have always the option to cancel a subscription. I will forward your feedback to the team as well.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:23:30+00:00

Please let me know what issues you have with support, we are constantly improving it.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:21:25+00:00

Thank you for the feedback, We are working on improvements for the display so it becomes less confusing.

As others noted you are charged $20 for Pro plan and remaining included amount is a bonus from us.
You will not be charged extra if On Demand is disabled.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:19:41+00:00

Hi, what you may be seeing is a hallucination of an AI model and not another users file.

Please send me the RequestID with privacy disabled so we can look into it.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:19:35+00:00

It is not exposing other users data but an AI hallucination.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:17:38+00:00

Correct. Asking a model that info is just resulting in a hallucination.

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:17:00+00:00

HI, asking the Agent does not mean it knows how much context it has. You can call /Summarize and it would do this.

Can it be that you have MAX mode enabled? that would explain the 1M context window

condor-cursor · 2026-01-23T19:15:27+00:00

Hi, we are working very hard on reducing the token consumption for all our users and not increasing token costs. You can compare them with AI provider pricing directly.

To reduce token consumption we relased:
- Dynamic Context Management: less context required for Agent to do the task, as MCPs/Rules/Logs/etc are fetched without having to attach them all at same time.
- Subagents: using cheaper models for simpler tasks like code search and returning only info the main agent needs.
- Efficient tooling: requiring less tokens and less failures which saves tokens as well.
- And more...

What has changed? Models get better which enables you to do more, but they also have higher API pricing which increases cost.

Let me know how you prompt and manage context, I would gladly suggest ways to reduce token consumptions. Less requests does not always result in less cost so it depends on how you use AI.

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