Agent should be aware that we are in "Ask" mode

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Situation: i am in “Ask” mode
Task: I instruct the agent to start implementing a change / feature - it keeps going tries to edit stuff, fails, plans, does nothing … but it never seem to be aware that we are in “Ask” mode and this is the cause why it’s failing
It should give feedback: Should I switch to “Agent” mode and start implementing the plan / task / …

Steps to Reproduce

Situation: i am in “Ask” mode
Task: I instruct the agent to start implementing a change / feature - it keeps going tries to edit stuff, fails, plans, does nothing … but it never seem to be aware that we are in “Ask” mode and this is the cause why it’s failing

Expected Behavior

It should give feedback: Should I switch to “Agent” mode and start implementing the plan / task / …

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.4.5
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: af58d92614edb1f72bdd756615d131bf8dfa5290
Date: 2025-08-13T02:08:56.371Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Hey, thanks for the report. We’ll look into it.