# Cursor CLI - GPT-5 reasoning effort **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Tags:** cli\ **Created:** [August 22, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-gpt-5-reasoning-effort/131653 "2025-08-22T13:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![michalkos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/michalkos/32/33212_2.png) [@michalkos](https://forum.cursor.com/u/michalkos)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-gpt-5-reasoning-effort/131653/1 "2025-08-22T13:48:50Z")
How to set reasoning effort with Cursor CLI? ![CleanShot 2025-08-22 at 15.48.14@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/1/c/1c5cb50098afc91b89e08ee622e52533ad0b841d.png) GPT-5 uses medium, is there a way how to set it to high? ---
**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:** [August 23, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-gpt-5-reasoning-effort/131653/2 "2025-08-23T17:36:05Z")
Hey, in Cursor CLI, the GPT-5 model has medium reasoning effort. ---
**Author:** ![emanuelturis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9f8e36/32.png) [@emanuelturis](https://forum.cursor.com/u/emanuelturis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-gpt-5-reasoning-effort/131653/3 "2025-08-27T19:15:57Z")
Why? Is there a problem with implementation on your side? ---
**Author:** ![michalkos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/michalkos/32/33212_2.png) [@michalkos](https://forum.cursor.com/u/michalkos)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-gpt-5-reasoning-effort/131653/4 "2025-09-02T06:33:10Z")
Having an option to have high reasoning effort would be great