Command+k is not recognized for "Generate in Terminal" Command

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor CLI

Describe the Bug

Yeah, so basically ⌘K does not activate the AI in the terminal. I’ve read all the threads. I’ve tried the option of creating it in the terminal portion and dragging it into the editor portion, and it still does not work.

More than that, I also removed all other ⌘K options from the shortcuts as well as disabled all extensions, and it continues to persist.

Steps to Reproduce

Open Terminal - Leave it there or drag it out, Doesn’t matter.
Hit ⌘K, and nothing happens.
Bottom of the window says “⌘K to Generate”.

Expected Behavior

It’s supposed to open the internal terminal agent to input commands.

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.4.36
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: f9919bf991f247689f9ead605b5c5a3239a2a790
Date: 2026-02-12T21:00:33.976Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.2.7
Chromium: 142.0.7444.235
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.2.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, this is a known issue and it’s been reported already.

A couple things to check:

  1. When you press Cmd+K in the terminal, do you see “Waiting for second key of chord…” in the status bar, or does nothing happen at all?

  2. Where is the terminal opened, in the bottom panel (default) or in the editor area? If it’s in the editor area (via “Create New Terminal in Editor Area”), try using the normal terminal in the bottom panel instead.

  3. Try this: open the Command Palette Cmd+Shift+P, search for “Generate in Terminal”, and run it directly. Does that work?

Also, could you check your keybindings (Cmd+Shift+P, then “Open Keyboard Shortcuts”) and search for cmd+k? A screenshot of what shows up there would help us see if there’s a conflict we’re missing.

The team is aware of this issue. Let me know what you find from the steps above and we’ll go from there.

Hey, Im aware this is a known issue, but I haven’t seen it resolved for my case.

  1. When you press Cmd+K in the terminal, do you see “Waiting for second key of chord…” in the status bar, or does nothing happen at all? NO, it just does nothing. It used to, but I played around with shortcuts a little and then it stopped.
    Keep in mind, within a file in the editor,
    Cmd+ does indeed work regularly.

  2. Where is the terminal opened, in the bottom panel (default) or in the editor area? If it’s in the editor area (via “Create New Terminal in Editor Area”), try using the normal terminal in the bottom panel instead. As written in me issue: I tried it in all places

  3. Try this: open the Command Palette Cmd+Shift+P, search for “Generate in Terminal”, and run it directly. Does that work? It does!!!

keybindings: for the record I’ve tried removing all and leaving just the one… still doesn’t work.

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