# Can't access @codebase

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-access-codebase/54931>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 25, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-access-codebase/54931 "2025-02-25T16:35:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![enterthegem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc348/32.png) [@enterthegem](https://forum.cursor.com/u/enterthegem)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-access-codebase/54931/1 "2025-02-25T16:35:29Z")

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Not sure why, but I cannot access @codebase. My codebase is 100% indexed and I’ve re-indexed. What could be the cause for this?

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**Author:** ![hishtadlut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/hishtadlut/32/25703_2.png) [@hishtadlut](https://forum.cursor.com/u/hishtadlut)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-access-codebase/54931/2 "2025-02-25T18:17:15Z")

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Same here

for one I can’t see the button  
When I use ctrl + enter It just spining for ever

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/7/4/744583eec5ee4c64b3cab84598777cf79718967b.png)

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**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-access-codebase/54931/3 "2025-02-25T20:18:59Z")

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you do not need it in 0.46. it checks by itself the relevant files.

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**Author:** ![cu9287rso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@cu9287rso](https://forum.cursor.com/u/cu9287rso)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-access-codebase/54931/4 "2025-02-27T09:25:31Z")

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not really, it doesn’t check anything by itself. cursor not aware of where it is.

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**Author:** ![Zackh1998](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/zackh1998/32/13484_2.png) [@Zackh1998](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Zackh1998)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-access-codebase/54931/5 "2025-02-27T09:27:39Z")

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Hi, if you switch to `Ask` mode you can access @Codebase.

When in agent mode, the agent has access to codebase wide context when the model determines it needs it.

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**Author:** ![andycoughlan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/andycoughlan/32/16450_2.png) [@andycoughlan](https://forum.cursor.com/u/andycoughlan)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-access-codebase/54931/6 "2025-02-27T11:29:22Z")

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This does seem a bit of a backward step. Although once it’s aware of the Codebase in Ask mode, Claude seemed happy to access it in Edit mode. Yesterday, it was very frustrating having to handhold Claude through every edit.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-access-codebase/54931/7 "2026-06-18T10:30:37Z")

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Closed on June 18, 2026, 10:30am UTC