Add a 'Brave' mode to the IntelliJ IDEA Cursor ACP plugin

Ideas Feature Requests
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Feature request for product/service

3rd Party Extensions

Describe the request

The IntelliJ IDEA Cursor plugin does not have a setting which allows all tool access/terminal command execution.

There is an “always allow” option for each command, however the generated commands usually include filenames and switches, ensuring they are almost always unique, and do not match future commands.

Given the above, it’s quite cumbersome to use, especially for long-running tasks. Continuous supervision is required, and tasks will time out if a command isn’t approved/rejected quickly enough.

If possible, add a mode which allows commands/tools to be executed without approval. If safety is a concern, allow the user to whitelist common tasks (e.g. running a test, type checker or linter).

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Hey, thanks for the feature request. This is a known issue. In the current ACP plugin, the allowlist matches the exact command including all args and flags, so in practice it almost never triggers for repeated commands. We’ve logged it on our side.

In Cursor IDE, Auto-run is being actively developed right now, including an LLM classifier that decides what’s safe to auto-run, but these capabilities haven’t been brought to the IntelliJ ACP plugin yet. I can’t share an ETA for adding this to ACP.

If there’s an update, I’ll reply in the thread. Votes and reports from other ACP users will help us prioritize it, so if anyone else hits this, please post it here.