# Agent CLI does not listen to attribution rules **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Tags:** cli, rules\ **Created:** [April 27, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-cli-does-not-listen-to-attribution-rules/159198 "2026-04-27T23:49:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gregnazario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/gregnazario/32/102927_2.png) [@gregnazario](https://forum.cursor.com/u/gregnazario)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-cli-does-not-listen-to-attribution-rules/159198/1 "2026-04-27T23:49:16Z")
### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor CLI ### Describe the Bug No matter what you do, a trailer is added to the git commits. This defeats the purpose of the cursor configuration to turn this off, and I generally don’t like them in my commits. I have accepted that cloud agents do it, but the agent CLI should behave like the IDE ### Steps to Reproduce Tell the CLI to commit something after already configuring attribution / trailers off. In this case, I actually asked the agent to explicitly make a rule to not add the trailer and it adds it anyways. ### Expected Behavior It should not add the trailers if it’s configured to not add trailers. ### Operating System MacOS ### Version Information 2026.04.17-787b533 ### For AI issues: which model did you use? N/A ### For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled N/A ### Does this stop you from using Cursor No - Cursor works, but with this issue ---
**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-cli-does-not-listen-to-attribution-rules/159198/5 "2026-04-28T14:46:55Z")
Hey @gregnazario! Take a look over here – you may be running into the same issue. > [@Cursor CLI ignores attribution config settings](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-ignores-attribution-config-settings/156830/10): > > This is really helpful info that everything works as expected on a personal Pro account. It looks like the cause is the Enterprise plan. Enterprise has admin-managed settings that can override local user configs, including attribution settings. If your team admin enabled forced attribution in the dashboard, your local cli-config.json will be ignored by design. I’d recommend checking with your Enterprise admin. In the team dashboard settings, there should be options to manage attribution at the… ---
**Author:** ![jhlagado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/jhlagado/32/109094_2.png) [@jhlagado](https://forum.cursor.com/u/jhlagado)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-cli-does-not-listen-to-attribution-rules/159198/11 "2026-05-20T09:00:46Z")
### **Does this stop you from using Cursor** Yes it absolutely will make me stop using Cursor. I will not allow a TOOL to claim authorship on my repo and undermining my copyright and license. ---
**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-cli-does-not-listen-to-attribution-rules/159198/12 "2026-05-25T10:38:18Z")
Hey @jhlagado To be clear, this behavior is configurable both in the IDE (Cursor Settings \> Agents \> Attribution) as well as the CLI ([docs](https://cursor.com/docs/cli/reference/configuration#optional-fields)) ---
**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 24, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-cli-does-not-listen-to-attribution-rules/159198/13 "2026-06-24T10:38:45Z")
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