Feature request for product/service Chat Describe the request I’m developing an extension ( React Compiler Marker ✨ - Visual Studio Marketplace ) and I would like to send text to the chat. For VSCode I do: vscode.commands.executeCommand('workbench.action.chat.open', prompt); This command is not sup…

Anyone from the Cursor team can look into it?

Yeah this would be great. Basically the “Add to chat” command but with the option to pass a custom prompt/wrapper.

Btw - I found a workaround by opening the chat using composer.newAgentChat and using clipboard manipulation to paste the text Example: import * as vscode from "vscode"; import { PROMPT_TEMPLATE } from "./prompt-template"; async function sendTextToChat(prompt: string): Promise<void> { // write pr…

Nice workaround! This is so stupid Cursor doesn’t allow it with one simple command :man_facepalming:

Really excited for this, were you able to get it in yet?

13m Sorry if this was obvious but I didn’t see which specific command works, is it vscode.commands.executeCommand('workbench.action.chat.open', prompt); or cursor.startComposerPrompt

A command for passing a prompt to the chat

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andrewh (Andrew Milich) December 28, 2025, 7:32pm 7

Just did it will have it out in the next 10 days, just needed a reminder!

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