@shrey.poky thanks for the feedback. Billing sub-agents separately from the main model is a reasonable suggestion, and the team is aware of this request. There’s no specific timeline yet, but the number of requests about this is growing.
For now, the options are the same as earlier in the thread: Max Mode, custom sub-agents with model: inherit in .cursor/agents/, or an explicit instruction telling the agent not to run sub-agents.
@k_martin I see the screenshot with the dashboard. Composer 1.5 shows up there because of sub-agents Explore, Shell, and Browser, which are auto-run for helper tasks. The main agent is still running on claude-4.6-opus-max-thinking, and that’s confirmed in the logs. More details and workarounds are described earlier in the thread.
@roschild.rui Built-in sub-agents (Explore, Browser, Bash) use a lighter model by default for speed. That’s the current behavior, even in Max Mode. Earlier in the thread I said Max Mode should change this, but it doesn’t for built-in sub-agents. Sorry for the confusion.
Two options:
Add a rule telling it not to launch sub-agents (“Do NOT launch sub-agents”). Then everything runs on the main model.
Create custom sub-agents in .cursor/agents/ with the model you want. The agent will use them instead of the built-in ones. Format is here: Subagents | Cursor Docs
