Describe the Bug Seems that I’m burning token because, when in “Agent Mode”, the agent tells me he is read-only and doesn’t write changes. When I tell him it’s Agent Mode, he says “no I’m in Ask Mode”. Switching to Ask mode then Agent mode back doesn’t fix the issue. Steps to Reproduce Don’t exac…

Hey, this is a known issue. Switching modes (Ask → Agent) in the same chat can cause a mismatch between what the UI shows and what instructions the model actually gets. You found the right workaround. Starting a new chat CMD + I with Agent mode selected from the start fixes it. The key is not switc…

Cursor is in Ask mode even though Agent Mode is selected

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Cursor is in Ask mode even though Agent Mode is selected

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