Cursor Ignores Agent Configuration and Persists in Using Grep

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Although I have disabled all search methods in my Agent configuration, Cursor still ignores my settings and successfully executes grep to read file contents.

Steps to Reproduce

Add a custom mode, then uncheck all search methods in the configuration, and proceed to ask a coding question.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

: 1.6.42 (Universal)
: 1.99.3
: 5911e9593196a000b1c00553aaf03b0b32042b90
Electron: 2025-09-20T17:16:56.346Z
ElectronBuildId: 34.5.8
Chromium: undefined
Node.js: 132.0.6834.210
V8: 20.19.1
OS: 13.2.152.41-electron.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

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Hey, thanks for the report. We’ll look into it.

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