Multiple times I sent to cursor a prompt and it doesnt do any edits
Hey, so right now Cursor doesnât read the whole project anymore, it uses tool_search to optimize token usage. That means it now needs to search and read code more selectively. Back then it used to load the whole project at once, but that wasted too many tokens.
You should follow the rule:
1. Research â 2. Innovate â 3. Plan â 4. Execute,
to make sure it doesnât miss important parts of the code. Like I said, Cursor doesnât use traditional requests anymore â it relies on tokens instead.
If you use thinking models, they usually search and read very thoroughly (I once saw O3 make 25 tool calls just to read 
)
At least it didnât ask âwho owns this?â halfway through⌠
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Hope I didnât make it mad. Last time it âhelpedâ me clean up, it almost wiped my whole system. (I love O3)
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In my experience, when a prompt isnât producing edits, Iâve found a multi-step process often works best. As @thepKz suggested, a workflow like this can be surprisingly effective:
- Research: Understand the problem thoroughly.
- Innovate: Brainstorm potential solutions.
- Plan: Outline the steps to implement the solution.
- Execute: Write the code or prompt.
- Threaten: Firmly re-prompt the AI.
- Curse: Express frustration (privately, of course).
- Refactor: Clean up the code and start over.
On a more serious note, Iâve had the most success with role-based prompts, especially for debugging. For example, try a prompt like:
âAct as a senior software engineer and identify the root cause of [your detailed problem here].â
Make sure to attach all relevant files. Iâve found that o3 is excellent for identifying the root cause, while Sonnet 4 is great at implementing the fix.
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Hey, at least it didnât ask if you wanted to âoptimize disk spaceâ⌠thatâs how my home directory disappeared.
Yes and Iâm doing this manually In my case, To much failed in tasks = AI cleared the root to create new one.
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Wait, youâre doing it manually? The AI already shipped the production-ready, bug-free code. Are you trying to introduce a bug?
Actually there are many cases like that, I just need to reset the rule to not let AI use delete
Oh yeah, thatâs the most painful part - it usually happens when it gets stuck, canât edit or troubleshoot, and itâs like, âWhy donât I just delete this file and you wonât have that issue anymore?â Thankfully, they have options where I can set which commands it canât run and which commands it can run.
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wasting hundreds of $ on this! has become unusable with gemini max
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