Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?
Cursor IDE
Describe the Bug
I like the plan feature but as there is no handy way to save a plan in a file (because sometimes I just don’t want to execute the plan now but I want to save it for a later task), I am asking the AI to write it down to a specific (empty) file I created.
Problem: I’ve noticed that the AI tends to write the plan down but also to start implementing it even though I didn’t ask it to do it (cf screenshot).
Steps to Reproduce
- Create a plan in plan mode
- Ask the AI (I used Sonnet 4.5) to “write it down in @<file.md>”
→ it writes down the plan and starts implementing it
Expected Behavior
It should just write down the plan. It should NOT start implementing it.
Screenshots / Screen Recordings
Operating System
Windows 10/11
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 2.0.77 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: ba90f2f88e4911312761abab9492c42442117cf0
Date: 2025-11-13T23:10:43.113Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
For AI issues: which model did you use?
Sonnet 4.5
Does this stop you from using Cursor
No - Cursor works, but with this issue