New version hides agent tool call details in defiance of setting

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

In the most recent version, 3.10.20, agent tool call information is buried even further in the agent window with an ‘Explored (x) tools’ message (where ‘x’ is the number of tools explored/used), making it even more difficult for users to see the agent and MCP interactions that are happening.

This is in defiance of having ‘Conversation Density’ set to ‘Detailed’, which should fully expand these interactions in the agent window.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Update to 3.10.20
  2. Set Conversation Density (“Choose how much detail agent tool calls show in the conversation”) to Detailed.
  3. Try to make a tool / MCP call.
  4. Observe that the setting isn’t honored, and all information is now obscured underneath an ‘Explored…’ toggle that must be expanded several times before agent / MCP interactions can be seen.

Expected Behavior

All tool calls and MCP interactions should be fully expanded when the ‘Detailed’ setting is set. However,

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

Linux

Version Information

Version: 3.10.20
VS Code Extension API: 1.125.0
Commit: 23b9fb205fe595ea2be29da7214e19762d037fc0
Date: 2026-07-07T07:03:33.071Z
Layout: IDE
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256
OS: Linux x64 6.8.0-124-generic

For AI issues: which model did you use?

N/A

Additional Information

Meta comment: I’ve filed a variant of this bug on at least one other occasion. Beyond this bug, it appears that Cursor has made a decision to actively abstract and hide useful info from users – and this seems to be getting worse in recent versions.

Especially for users in Editor mode (who are presumably experienced developers), the default should be to show everything – all command line output, all agent output by default, rather than dumbing down the interface to appeal to less technically inclined users who’d likely use the Agent window anyway.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey there!
The Detailed setting isn’t being ignored. It’s working, but it controls a narrower scope than you’re expecting.

Here’s what “Detailed” actually does today:

  • It fully un-groups file edits and terminal commands so those show inline.
  • Read, search, and exploration steps (file reads, grep, list, glob, web fetch/search, and Cursor’s internal “list available MCP tools” lookup) always fold into the “Explored N tools” summary at every density, including Detailed. Click it to expand. That’s the current design, not the setting failing. The changelog even describes Detailed as “near-complete step-by-step context” rather than fully expanded.
  • Your actual MCP tool calls render as their own rows and aren’t hidden under “Explored.” If a specific MCP call is getting swallowed into that summary, tell me which one and I’ll dig in.

On the bigger picture: a real “expand everything by default” mode for Editor power users is a fair ask, and it’s the same thing you raised back in Uncompacting agent command execution. There’s an open request for exactly this you can add your voice to: Add a setting to keep Request & Response permanently expanded in Agent chat. I’ll capture your specific case (exploration + MCP-list calls staying collapsed in Detailed) as a feature request too, and we track threads like this to gauge interest and help prioritize.