Agent composer shows only "Cloud" — no way to select or switch to Local

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

In the agent input composer, the environment control in the top bar only shows Cloud (with a cloud icon). There is no visible Local option and no obvious way to switch execution environment from this view.

The UI shows repo and branch dropdowns (e.g. mentor, main) and a static Cloud label, but clicking it does not reveal a Local alternative. Cloud Agents docs say to “Select Cloud in the dropdown under the agent input,” which implies both Local and Cloud should be available — but in this UI only Cloud appears.

Expected: A dropdown or toggle to choose Local vs Cloud (or hand off between them).
Actual: Only Cloud is shown; no Local option is visible or selectable.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open Cursor Desktop (Agents Window / Glass layout).
  2. Open the agent composer for a connected repo.
  3. Look at the top bar above the input (repo, branch, environment).
  4. Observe that only Cloud is displayed — no Local option.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 3.8.20
VS Code Extension API: 1.105.1
Commit: c031b5795916419b028cbc3454b5d4dfbc0c0350
Date: 2026-06-21T16:05:05.465Z
Layout: glass
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Nightly
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256
OS: Darwin arm64 25.5.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

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Additional Information

  • I expected to run agents locally on my machine for quick edits / local-only secrets, but could not find how to switch from Cloud from this composer.
  • Unclear whether this is intentional (cloud-only entry point) or a missing UI control — either way, the current UX is confusing because Cloud reads like the only mode, not a selectable environment.
  • If Local is only available from a different entry point (e.g. classic editor agent), that path is not discoverable from this screen.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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This is actually working as designed rather than a missing control. The environment selector in the new Agents Window composer is data-driven: it only shows the run targets available for the repo you’ve selected. When Cloud is the only available target, it renders as a static Cloud label with no dropdown, which is exactly what you’re seeing for mentor.

A Local target appears once Cursor has a local copy of that repo to point at. To get it:

  1. Click the repo pill on the left (mentor) and choose Open Folder (or use File → Open Folder), then select your local clone of the repo.
  2. Once that folder is open, the environment control turns into a dropdown and you can switch from Cloud to your machine.

If you mainly want to work locally, opening the project folder in a Cursor window and starting an agent there runs locally by default. The Cloud-only view you hit is the Agents Window home with a cloud repo selected and no matching local folder open.

Let me know if opening the folder gets Local to show up for you!

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Yea now i get it
For some reason the ui tricked me on that one
Thanks

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