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.