Pause Generation?

Feature Requests
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Agent mode is awesome but I think it’d be even better with a Pause button (instead of ‘stop’ for exampe, since we can Reject, Stop is redundant, but we can’t pause !)

Because AI is so fast, we can’t always follow what it’s doing in agent mode.

The new ‘restore’ button appearing at each file is very cool. But sometimes not enough :slight_smile:

maybe I’m generating something and I like what agent did, but I don’t like where it’s heading. Since it’s in agent mode, I would have to wait until it’s finished to accept everything, and come back to where I really wanted to be.
Because if I click stop or cancel it will remove everything it has done until now…

If it had a ‘Pause’ button that would be very cool to be able to

  • accept changes until now, but stop the agent
    OR - continue into another direction since the agent is drifting, but without cancelling anything
    OR - just take time to read what the agent has done, validate in our head that it’s actually heading in the right direction, and click continue :smiley:

I would like this feature!
What do you guys think??

Have a nice day,
Diane

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I get where you’re coming from with the pause idea, but the real goal is getting the agent to do exactly what you want first time! You can actually add rules to make the agent check with you before making changes - check out Cursor – Agent for more details

The agent works best when you give it clear instructions upfront and set boundaries for what it can/can’t do automatically. This way you stay in control without needing to pause

If you’re finding the agent is drifting from what you want, try being more specific in your initial prompt about the exact steps/approach you want it to take

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That can be the goal, fantastic.

The real goal of renewables is to replace dirty energy, too, but that doesn’t mean we deny everybody cars.

My real goal is to be able to pause the agent and pass context to chat for a second opinion from all the models that I can’t just agent with. If you all tell me I can’t have that because the goal is that I shouldn’t need it, I’ll just offer to have my team UX test that idea for you.