Suggestion: Tweak "mode"

Feature Requests
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I am suggesting for better support for a “tweak” mode, as compared to a generic mode. This is already possible today, but is a technique left to users to implement for themselves.

Idea

The idea here is what I’ve been doing personally

  1. Set my default Agent mode to use claude-sonnet-4
  2. Create a new mode called “Fast” and set the model to Gemini-2.5-flash
  3. Do an initial plan + generation using claude-sonnet-4
  4. Switch to gemini-2.5-flash to do minor fixes and UI adjustments

The proposal here is to make this a flow that the vibe coders can be prompted to use instead of blasting away using the smartest model.

Benefits

This helps to realign Cursor with the users’ needs by making the easy thing to do also the right thing (and in this case right = minimize cost). Given that a lot of the cost is subsidized by Cursor, both Cursor and users stand to benefit from this change and this is more sustainable in the long term.

Proposed Changes

  • Tweak Mode - intended for use AFTER an initial generation using a frontier model like claude-sonnet-4, but for more targeted edits, while still retaining context

Other Suggestions

  • Allow gemini-2.5-flash to ALWAYS be selectable (even after they hit their limits) - it actually is to Cursor’s detriment to try to force the user to use Auto which may go to a more expensive model than gemini-2.5-flash. Pro users should be able to use the cheapest models even after their usage is up.
  • Prompt the user to use tweak mode when you detect that the expected change is small (perhaps use a smaller lightweight classifier to try to detect when this should be suggested) - this helps users save their budget. You can also collect whether the suggestions were correct or whether users ended up needing to go back to a more expensive model and retry - which would help you deliver more value over time
  • Suggest for users to set up keyboard shortcuts and also fix the UI for setting this up - currently it is not that intuitive.
  • Include more content / examples on how to use the different modes to get the most value out of the budget they have.