Hello everyone! I tried the new feature in Cursor — the “Plan” mode — and I’m genuinely impressed. My efficiency has at least doubled thanks to it, and I wanted to discuss this with you. Previously, I had to give very detailed instructions and manually build context for a request to stay efficien…

Yes, Auto mode also recognizes the planning mode. Most of the time, Auto picks GPT-5 or Sonnet 4.5 for planning tasks.

I don’t feel its a new thing. If you’re familiar with prompt engineering - doing planning was completely possible in the agent mode. Infact, Custom mode solved this problem for me where I added instructions for the model to do deep research and ask me questions if needed, and generate a report with …

Yes, of course — that’s exactly how it works. Previously, you had to switch it manually, and often it just felt like too much effort for minor tasks. It’s worth noting that the Plan mode also came quite late — other AI coding tools had implemented it long ago. However, I work with Cursor, not tho…

They updated again and plan mode seems better today. I was able to plan a split of a huge PR into smaller PRs along with descriptions. It took some manual steering while implementing but overall it fared better today (used my Gemini for plan + Sonnet 4.5 agent combo)

Boosting Productivity with Cursor’s New “Plan” Mode

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lloydsilver (Lloyd Silver) October 9, 2025, 3:19pm 3

Is there a particular model that works best in plan mode? Is auto appropriate here?

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Boosting Productivity with Cursor’s New “Plan” Mode

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