Describe the Bug When using Cursor’s AI agent to run terminal commands, the agent system sends a stray ‘q’ character to the terminal after command completion, resulting in the error: zsh: command not found: q. This frequently results in cursor hanging waiting for output, and not proceeding with work…

Agent Terminal Integration Sends Stray 'q' Characters

liquefy July 22, 2025, 9:03pm 3

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