# Agent - ASK - Edit **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussions\ **Created:** [February 25, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-ask-edit/55111 "2025-02-25T21:20:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sam-Forum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/sam-forum/32/3847_2.png) [@Sam-Forum](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Sam-Forum)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-ask-edit/55111/1 "2025-02-25T21:20:05Z")
Agent - ASK - Edit What are these three statuses, and when would you use them? Before the new update, I was using **Composer** almost 99% of the time, and **it worked great.** Can someone explain what these statuses actually mean? What are the differences between the three, and which one do you prefer? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/9/2/92ac1f3da591370a9c40df4cbe2b97fe39a4a60c.png) Also, regarding **3.7-Sonnet-Thinking** , do you think it’s better than the non-thinking version? ---
**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-ask-edit/55111/2 "2025-02-26T08:10:09Z")
Hey, Agent and Edit are the same as Composer. The Edit mode is the former Normal mode, and the Agent mode is the agent mode, and Ask is the same as the chat. As for the model claude-3.7-sonnet-thinking, it is definitely better than the version without thinking and provides very good results. ---
**Author:** ![Gusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee59a6/32.png) [@Gusty](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Gusty)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-ask-edit/55111/3 "2025-03-03T03:16:54Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/b/6/b6c26257def0fd4102e12436d7a15b9cfa79a46f.png) You really should add a hint here to help user understand the difference and which to choose. Cause it is confusing. ---
**Author:** ![tangjun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/tangjun/32/16356_2.png) [@tangjun](https://forum.cursor.com/u/tangjun)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-ask-edit/55111/4 "2025-03-03T07:00:20Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/0/d/0d1c52dc58ea3bc1cd96c00bfa2e9ade1f1511ac.png) ---
**Author:** ![AdithyanI](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/adithyani/32/21016_2.png) [@AdithyanI](https://forum.cursor.com/u/AdithyanI)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-ask-edit/55111/5 "2025-03-31T09:19:18Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Gusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee59a6/32.png) [@Gusty](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Gusty)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-ask-edit/55111/6 "2025-05-19T08:39:48Z")
concise table, thx! ---
**Author:** ![alsotang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/alsotang/32/10340_2.png) [@alsotang](https://forum.cursor.com/u/alsotang)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-ask-edit/55111/7 "2025-05-19T10:07:17Z")
> **[Cursor – Ask mode](https://docs.cursor.com/chat/ask)** > > Ask mode lets you explore and learn about codebases through AI search and queries without making changes search `codebase` in this page, and you will see, ask mode can see the whole codebase, not only files provided. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-ask-edit/55111/8 "2026-06-18T10:42:50Z")
Closed on June 18, 2026, 10:42am UTC