Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug When the Cursor workspace root is a path that includes a dot-prefixed directory (e.g. C:/Users/Administrator/.openclaw), the AI agent’s StrReplace and Write tools consistently fail with Invalid arguments. The Read tool works f…

Hey, thanks for the report. This looks like part of a known family of bugs where StrReplace or Write fails with “Invalid arguments” while Read works fine. We’ve seen different triggers like multi-root workspaces and Remote-SSH, and your case with a dot-prefixed directory in the workspace path looks …

[image] Write and StrReplace tools return "Invalid arguments" when workspace is opened via Remote-SSH (Mac → Windows) Bug Reports Hey all. I understand the frusturation. I collected a few related bug reports: When ssh remote connect to window, uri error occu…

Going to suggest we move any conversation about this over here! Should be a fix to test soon. [image] Write and StrReplace tools return "Invalid arguments" when workspace is opened via Remote-SSH (Mac → Windows) Bug Reports Hi all! Thanks for the feedback her…

Hey @zinkcious ! The agent file edit ‘Invalid arguments’ error has been addressed in a recent Cursor update. Updating to the latest version should resolve this.

StrReplace / Write tools fail with "Invalid arguments" when workspace root path contains dot-prefixed directory (e.g. .openclaw)

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Colin (Colin) March 20, 2026, 5:58pm 6

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StrReplace / Write tools fail with "Invalid arguments" when workspace root path contains dot-prefixed directory (e.g. .openclaw)

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