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Cursor AI agents questioned over lack of semantic search functionality

A user on Reddit's r/cursor subreddit is questioning whether the Cursor editor's AI agents are utilizing semantic search capabilities. Despite the editor indicating that the codebase is fully indexed, the user observes that agents do not log semantic search activity and explicitly state they do not have access to such tools when queried. The user is seeking clarification on how to enable semantic search or understand why it might be disabled for their project. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential limitations in current AI agent capabilities for code analysis and retrieval.

RANK_REASON User query about a specific feature's functionality within a software product.

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Cursor AI agents questioned over lack of semantic search functionality

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Dangerous_Serve_4454 ·

    Semantic search isn’t being used / isn’t in agent toolset?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I can’t seem to find any evidence during my agent runs that they are using semantic search (vector search, RAG, etc). I’m using the Cursor Editor similar to VSCode. The settings panel suggests my codebase is “100% indexed” however when I do runs …