Subagents are not useful if we cant select their model

Ideas Feature Requests
1

When I am using high thinking models and agent create subagents they start to use other models what creates a very poor result.

I would like to be able to fix the subagent model that I would like to use too.

4

Hey, thanks for the feature request. Cursor 3.3 already added the option to choose a model for subagents, so update the app and check your subagent settings in Settings.

You can also create a custom subagent and explicitly pin the model via YAML frontmatter:

---
name: my-subagent
description: ...
model: inherit  # or a specific slug, or "fast"
---

inherit makes the subagent use the same model as the parent, which is handy when working with thinking models. More details: Subagents | Cursor Docs

Let me know if you still can’t find the option in 3.3.

5

I updated to the latest and I can see the subagent model selector now, however it seems the setting is being ignored and subagent always spawn with Composer 2

Version: 3.3.30 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 3dc559280adc5f931ade8e25c7b85393842acf30
Date: 2026-05-09T18:28:42.332Z
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Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
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OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200