Hey, thanks for the detailed feedback. There are a few different points here, so I’ll go through each one.
On choosing the model for sub-agents: yep, right now it’s tied to Max mode, and I can see this is a pain point for more than just you. The same topic is being discussed in a few threads:
- Better subagent control in the Cursor IDE
- Let us disable composer-2-fast, it's 3x the price and forced on subagents
- Disabling subagents should actually disable Composer 2 usage legacy plan users should not be forced into Composer 2 Fast
- Cursor CLI: can't choose model for subagents
The request to control the sub-agent model outside of Max makes sense, and I’ve passed it to the team. I can’t share an ETA.
On the picker showing options that aren’t available, like 300K or no-thinking for models that need 1M context: agreed, that’s misleading. Those options shouldn’t show up if you can’t select them on your plan. This is a helpful, concrete report.
On Agent Windows in 3.x: glad the sub-agent activity view in the Edit window was finally fixed in 3.3. If anything else in that flow still feels rough, please make a separate thread with steps and we’ll take a look.
On differentiation and workflows: this is a more strategic topic, so I can’t answer on behalf of the product team, but the feedback is valuable and I’ll pass it along. Detailed posts like this from long-time users really help.