# Intellisense not working in tsconfig.json

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/intellisense-not-working-in-tsconfig-json/100938>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [June 6, 2025, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/intellisense-not-working-in-tsconfig-json/100938 "2025-06-06T06:03:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![0x000000000000000000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/ecd19e/32.png) [@0x000000000000000000](https://forum.cursor.com/u/0x000000000000000000)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/intellisense-not-working-in-tsconfig-json/100938/1 "2025-06-06T06:03:03Z")

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🐞 Provide a **clear description** of the bug  
Intellisense not working in tsconfig.json and some other files

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1. open `tsconfig.json`
2. edit value
3. press ctrl+space to trigger intellisense  
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MacOS Sequoia, Cursor 1.0.0

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**Author:** ![0x000000000000000000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/ecd19e/32.png) [@0x000000000000000000](https://forum.cursor.com/u/0x000000000000000000)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/intellisense-not-working-in-tsconfig-json/100938/2 "2025-06-06T06:23:02Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/3/d/3d2435e29b684f8ea3487f93a6c3d6059e10af46.png)  
this fixed the issue

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/intellisense-not-working-in-tsconfig-json/100938/3 "2025-07-06T06:23:04Z")

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