If anyone has been avoiding auto, I’m on the ultra plan, and still run into the usage limit at half-a-month. I was afraid of using Auto because well, it was terrible for a while. But last month, I turned it on, and it’s doing a great job. Now I use auto primarily then switch to Opus or Sonnet or Hai…

What I do is run everything in auto mode. And I use gemini 3 thinking directly in a separate chat for hard thinking/planning. And I use claude code in the powershell in cursor IDE for occasional hard thinking on the files. This way I can use the claude pro plan instead of API.

do we know what models auto routes to yet?

we never know since Cursor hide it. in past, we can detect base on how much context auto have. but right now they change into percentage

Yeah, I’m using it in auto for a good time, sometimes I just change to use the max mode with gemini 3 for mapping and doc.

Many people prefer the UI and features on cursor to Claude code, it is much better. Also nice to be able to mix it up when Claude gets stuck.

The only problem of auto is it’s a little bit slow.

Great news, auto isn’t free anymore so none of this matters anymore, spread it before anyone loses a lot of money on the auto model… [image] Auto model is charging me? Bug Reports Hey, thanks for the report. Auto isn’t free - it picks premium models and charge…

Auto picks cheaper models for quick tasks, I also feel like they are somehow subsidising auto over directly using premium models as I tend to get 5-10x usage out of auto vs using Claude LLMs directly.

Auto is Good Now!

Discussions

Stevemoretz (Steve Moretz) December 7, 2025, 7:25pm 9

Great news, auto isn’t free anymore so none of this matters anymore, spread it before anyone loses a lot of money on the auto model…

Topic		Replies	Views
Auto Model suddenly using way more of my usage limit? Help	5	1056	December 24, 2025
Auto mode has become exceptionally effective! Discussions	16	3339	August 12, 2025
Auto Mode Now Charged? Discussions	32	5769	December 5, 2025
Giant Auto Mode Improvement Discussions	5	544	July 9, 2025
Cursor Auto Mode Is Costing Credits Help	6	1838	November 14, 2025

Auto is Good Now!

Related topics