feature request: ability to add custom models (such as those from openrouter, groq, etc) and still use the built-in cursor models. suggestion: in settings > models: a “custom model” section with: baseurl model name api key this could be a catch-all for openrouter and similar services that provi…

This isn’t the first request for this I’ve seen on the forum and I’ve logged it on our internal feedback log so you may see this in a future update!

this is what it should look like: [CleanShot 2025-01-05 at 19.47.54@2x] [image] GitHub - cline/cline: Autonomous coding agent right in your IDE, capable... Autonomous coding agent right in your IDE, capable of creating/editing files, executing commands, using the browser, and m…

I could not upvote this enough! Please this would be really appreciated! Thanks

especially considering all of the issues you are having with anthropic being able to keep up with cursor’s use, it would really do us all a favor if you could make it easier to access other models. sonnet is particularly slow today (despite being an enterprise customer with the extra add on payment…

soo many anthropic errors today

+1000 for this one. I was testing out a custom model deployed in our intranet, but could not get it done. The current approach via “reusing” the Open API credentials is very confusing. I’ve also created a simple wrapper to make the APIs compatible, but even though the request via cURL displayed by C…

Hey, just to clarify, Cursor does not work with locally hosted models, as Cursor’s servers need to be able to access the model for everything to work correctly! However, we are hoping to improve the UX around custom models within the editor soon.

Thx for the clarification, i understand now. Maybe it would be possible via some kind of proxy installed as a Cursor extension. You could even encrypt some parts if you are concerned about know how and then just call a privately deployed model. This would be very interesting for business/enterprise …

i think the solution for this is: when the user can choose a model, they can fully choose the model and the provieder (ie, the user can also choose their own base_url, api_key, model_id) when there is a proprietary model doing something cool in the background that the user isn’t aware of anyways, …

[Cursor 2025-07-18 13.45.54] I see there’s an option to add a base url, but Verify does nothing and I don’t see models provided by my provider, polychat.co .

Custom model section in Settings > Models

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raw.works (Raymond Weitekamp) January 6, 2025, 12:48am 2

this is what it should look like:

Support DeepSeek-R1 as an option

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Ability to add custom models w/o turning off Cursor Pro / OPEN Feature Requests	9	3784	January 28, 2026
Use custom API alongside cursor subscribed api Feature Requests	7	1221	February 13, 2026
Custom base URLs for each custom model Feature Requests	15	2120	September 2, 2026
Add custom model on Cursor Help	6	7992	January 6, 2025
API support for everything and model section upgrade Feature Requests	0	61	April 2, 2025

Custom model section in Settings > Models

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