# Composer agent and GPT 4o dumb

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-agent-and-gpt-4o-dumb/39439>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 6, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-agent-and-gpt-4o-dumb/39439 "2025-01-06T11:40:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![youbistark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/youbistark/32/28041_2.png) [@youbistark](https://forum.cursor.com/u/youbistark)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-agent-and-gpt-4o-dumb/39439/1 "2025-01-06T11:40:11Z")

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I try to use gpt 4o but the model is really dumb he answer me like i’m in chat instead of doing the changes itself

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-agent-and-gpt-4o-dumb/39439/2 "2025-01-06T11:42:13Z")

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Hey, do you use rules for AI? Also, could you share screenshots of AI responses?

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**Author:** ![jake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/jake/32/20459_2.png) [@jake](https://forum.cursor.com/u/jake)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-agent-and-gpt-4o-dumb/39439/3 "2025-01-06T12:35:33Z")

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Have you considered swapping back to Claude?

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**Author:** ![ViezeVingertjes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/viezevingertjes/32/18540_2.png) [@ViezeVingertjes](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ViezeVingertjes)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-agent-and-gpt-4o-dumb/39439/4 "2025-01-07T05:33:57Z")

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Is it on ‘agent’ mode? theres a selector in the composer that sometimes resets.

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**Author:** ![youbistark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/youbistark/32/28041_2.png) [@youbistark](https://forum.cursor.com/u/youbistark)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-agent-and-gpt-4o-dumb/39439/5 "2025-01-07T06:31:56Z")

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yea i’m working with Claude rn but i wanted to test GPT 4o to compare them

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**Author:** ![youbistark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/youbistark/32/28041_2.png) [@youbistark](https://forum.cursor.com/u/youbistark)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-agent-and-gpt-4o-dumb/39439/6 "2025-01-07T06:32:06Z")

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yes sure

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**Author:** ![youbistark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/youbistark/32/28041_2.png) [@youbistark](https://forum.cursor.com/u/youbistark)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-agent-and-gpt-4o-dumb/39439/7 "2025-01-07T06:32:38Z")

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i use it in french i’ll retry in english

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**Author:** ![youbistark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/youbistark/32/28041_2.png) [@youbistark](https://forum.cursor.com/u/youbistark)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-agent-and-gpt-4o-dumb/39439/8 "2025-01-07T06:33:31Z")

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By the way when i have a linter error at the beginning agent fixed them automatically now i don’t know why but it stop fix them, i have to ask ai

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**Author:** ![jake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/jake/32/20459_2.png) [@jake](https://forum.cursor.com/u/jake)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-agent-and-gpt-4o-dumb/39439/9 "2025-01-07T10:07:06Z")

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> By the way when i have a linter error at the beginning agent fixed them automatically now i don’t know why but it stop fix them, i have to ask ai

Check your settings in `Cursor Settings` → `Features` → `Agent composer iterate on lints` / `Normal composer iterate on lints`

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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, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-agent-and-gpt-4o-dumb/39439/10 "2026-06-18T10:23:39Z")

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