Allow disabling browser in agents window

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Hey, thanks for the feature request. It’s a valid request, and you’re not the first user to bring it up. We don’t have a separate toggle to fully disable the integrated browser right now, so I’ve added your case to the other signals on this.

A couple things that can help right now:

  • For localhost links, there’s a setting called Show Localhost Links in Browser autoOpenLocalhostUrls. You can turn it off so they won’t be captured by the integrated browser.
  • For markdown links, try Cmd+click or Ctrl+click. That should open them in your external browser instead of the panel.

For PR and GitHub links, there isn’t a global always open externally option yet, and I can’t share an ETA. Related threads if you want to add a vote or more context: Agent window: Opening GitHub PR links in sidebar should be opt-in and Open links in integrated browser (not only localhost).

Also agree on settings discoverability. I’ll pass that feedback to the team. Let me know if the toggles above help.