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Cursor IDE users report AI agent struggles with direct plan editing

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Users of the Cursor IDE are experiencing issues with its 'Plan' mode, where the AI agent sometimes fails to directly edit the plan document. Instead, the agent generates a plan to edit the plan, which users find frustrating. While workarounds exist, such as re-associating the plan document with the conversation, the root cause of this behavior is unclear. AI

IMPACT Users of the Cursor IDE are encountering usability issues with its AI-powered planning feature, indicating potential areas for improvement in AI agent interaction within development tools.

RANK_REASON User reports on a specific feature's behavior in a software product.

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Cursor IDE users report AI agent struggles with direct plan editing

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/chrispitude73 ·

    Yo dawg, I heard you like plans...

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I love Plan mode in Cursor. It's great to be able to ask the agent questions (&quot;What would happen if XYZ occurred?&quot;) then reason through how the plan should change in response. And because the plan document itself is human-editable, I ca…

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