Chat not using inclusive language

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

When asking Cursor to do a large task (split to 2 PRs) it’ll prompt you with “sanilty check”. An ableist term that should not be used. Reference: Ableist Language in Code: Sanity Check · GitHub

Steps to Reproduce

Ask it to split the feature in 2 PRs, or do a larger task to see the “sanity check” summary.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 3.8.23
VS Code Extension API: 1.105.1
Commit: 7cf19b7482706625cdb70db3211b7dd035b7aa30
Date: 2026-06-23T14:57:42.334Z (1 wk ago)
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256
OS: Darwin arm64 25.5.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Auto

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Thanks for flagging this!

It’s hard to fully control wording from LLMs, and terms like “sanity check” are very common in developer docs and tooling that models are trained on, so they can show up even if we’d prefer they didn’t. I’ve shared your feedback with the team!

In the meantime, you can steer the assistant with a rule that asks chat to avoid specific terms (including “sanity check”) and suggest alternatives like “quick check” or “verification step.” If you write one that works well, consider sharing it on cursor.directory so others can use it too!