I use Cursor a lot and it works well for me, so my installation seems fine. However, today I tried using Agent in composer with Yolo mode on to see how it would handle a simple React Typescript app boilerplate. As soon as it tried to run npm it said not found and started trying to install it with ap…

Hey, try explicitly setting your default shell for Cursor, as it might not be detecting it. Here’s more information: [image] Terminal Profiles Visual Studio Code's integrated terminal allows configuring various profiles to make launching various shells easier. …

Composer Agent is Using The Wrong Shell in Ubuntu 24.04

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vittorius April 18, 2025, 9:26am 5

Also, this can be a workaround

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Composer Agent is Using The Wrong Shell in Ubuntu 24.04

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