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Cursor integrates GPT-5.5, enhancing its AI IDE with new CLI features

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Cursor has integrated GPT-5.5 into its AI IDE, allowing users to leverage the new model for their coding tasks. This integration enhances the capabilities of the Cursor CLI, introducing features like a customizable status bar and an in-CLI settings panel for managing preferences. Additionally, new commands such as "/btw" enable users to ask side questions without interrupting ongoing agent processes, improving the overall user experience for terminal-based agent interactions. AI

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Cursor integrates GPT-5.5, enhancing its AI IDE with new CLI features

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COVERAGE [9]

  1. OpenAI News TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    How Cursor uses GPT-5

    Learn how Cursor uses GPT-5.

  2. X — Cursor (AI IDE) TIER_1 English(EN) · cursor_ai ·

    More on CursorBench: https://t.co/Ugx5MFsaDV

    More on CursorBench: https://t.co/Ugx5MFsaDV

  3. X — Cursor (AI IDE) TIER_1 English(EN) · cursor_ai ·

    GPT-5.5 is now available in Cursor!

    GPT-5.5 is now available in Cursor! It's currently the top model on CursorBench at 72.8%. We've partnered with OpenAI to offer it for 50% off through May 2.

  4. X — Cursor (AI IDE) TIER_1 English(EN) · cursor_ai ·

    Download the Cursor CLI: https://t.co/zOZgM0PMWY

    Download the Cursor CLI: https://t.co/zOZgM0PMWY

  5. X — Cursor (AI IDE) TIER_1 English(EN) · cursor_ai ·

    Customize the CLI status bar using /statusline to surface the session and runtime signals you care about. https://t.co/2JVsrjAVbA

    Customize the CLI status bar using /statusline to surface the session and runtime signals you care about. https://t.co/2JVsrjAVbA

  6. X — Cursor (AI IDE) TIER_1 English(EN) · cursor_ai ·

    /config opens a settings panel inside the CLI where you can view and change default behaviors, runtime preferences, and more.

    /config opens a settings panel inside the CLI where you can view and change default behaviors, runtime preferences, and more. You can also ask Cursor to apply configuration changes for you using the skill /update-cli-config. https://t.co/odoRl2vvi2

  7. X — Cursor (AI IDE) TIER_1 English(EN) · cursor_ai ·

    /btw allows you to ask a quick side question without derailing the agent's current run. https://t.co/VMVIESpBIp

    /btw allows you to ask a quick side question without derailing the agent's current run. https://t.co/VMVIESpBIp

  8. X — Cursor (AI IDE) TIER_1 English(EN) · cursor_ai ·

    We recently shipped quality-of-life improvements to the Cursor CLI to make working with agents in the terminal more delightful.

    We recently shipped quality-of-life improvements to the Cursor CLI to make working with agents in the terminal more delightful. Use /debug to find root causes and fix tricky bugs that are hard to reproduce or understand. https://t.co/0fT3FeCtKk

  9. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/After-Toe6439 ·

    What is more efficient to do?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have a question I'm using Cursor for over 9 months already and I stumbled upon a little problem, I have the 200 dollars per month plan and recently with the introduction with GPT 5.5 it start eating tokens like crazy (last month I managed to do…

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