"Build in New Agent" option is gone

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1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

As of a couple days ago, I no longer see the “Build in New Agent” option. I’m accustomed to the option appearing when I select specific To-Dos in the plan view.

Steps to Reproduce

  • Open Agent chat
  • Switch to Plan mode
  • Generate plan
  • Click View Plan
  • Select any of the To-Dos

Expected Behavior

“Build in New Agent” button appears where “+New” is

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.0.6 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 6e696fa8ae574d6a40e0f1dbf74bd7d823f0b0d0
Date: 2026-04-02T21:42:37.269Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

For AI issues: which model did you use?

(all models)

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

5

Hey, thanks for the report and the video.

The Build in New Agent button is still there, but in v3.0.6 the way you select To-Dos changed. Before, you could click anywhere on the row. Now you need to click the small checkmark on the right of each To-Do. Once you select the items you want using that checkmark, the Build in New Agent button will show up in the header instead of +New.

Give that a try and let me know if it helps.

6

Glad I can still do this - it is a feature I love. But wow, having to do a forum search and scroll through 50 posts to find this one is not a fun ui experience! If we had release notes maybe it would be easy, but zero mention of this change in the ‘change logs’.

8

+1 this was super confusing to me too. Thank you banduki for reporting this, saved me so much time from having to also dig the forums

9

@wadsworj That’s valid feedback, we really should’ve called this change out in the changelog.

@JHWebpt Glad the thread helped clear things up.

10

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

You can no longer see the “Build in New Agent” option in Cursor 3’s Agents Window.

This is an incredibly useful way to build certain To-Dos, most importantly in a fresh agent with empty context.

This effectively renders the separation and selectability of To-Dos useless.

Steps to Reproduce

  • Open Agents Window
  • Switch to Plan mode
  • Generate plan
  • Select any of the To-Dos

Expected Behavior

“Build in New Agent” button appears where “+ New” is

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 3.1.17
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: fce1e9ab7844f9ea35793da01e634aa7e50bce90
Date: 2026-04-19T19:33:58.189Z
Layout: glass
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Early Access
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue