I created an instruction file in .vscode and even added it to the rules in Settings.
However, I can’t stop it from asking me questions. Every single task I give it pauses and shows a pop-up asking me to select an answer before it can continue.
Even if I reply with something like “…” or “wtf?”, it immediately responds with, “Oh, I shouldn’t have asked that question.” But then, literally one message later in the same chat, it pauses again, asks another question, and hangs the task once more.
Second, there isn’t a separate toggle that fully turns off these pop-up questions right now. What really helps reduce them is a clear, strict rule like:
Never ask clarifying questions and never ask me to choose between options. Make reasonable assumptions, state them briefly, and proceed.
This lowers the number of questions, but it won’t guarantee zero. The model can still decide to ask.
Third, the frequency depends a lot on the model. If you’re on Auto, routing mixes different models, so behavior won’t be consistent. Try pinning one specific model that asks less. For many users this helps a lot. Also, Artemonim asked which model you’re using. Let me know and I can suggest a better option.
Also, the task isn’t really stuck. It’s waiting for input. You can type any message or click Skip and the agent will continue.
I’ve passed the request to fully disable these questions to the team. Let me know if putting the rule in the right place doesn’t help.
This is a new change in Cursor’s harness / system prompt recently, right?
I noticed the same about a few days ago, Cursor (I use Auto mostly btw, which is usually Composer 2.5 I imagine) asks wayyyyy more clarifying questions than before, to the point of almost senselessly asking them. I much prefer the older way where it only asks them very sparingly only when it really needs to. It’s super annoying to work this way.
In fact I only found this thread because I was trying to google for a solution to this…
