Task tool for sub-agent dispatch not available in Cursor CLI

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor CLI

Describe the Bug

The Task tool (subagent_type: generalPurpose) is not injected into the Cursor CLI (cursor agent) toolset, even with max mode enabled. This prevents skills from launching parallel sub-agents via the CLI-based interface, forcing all work to execute sequentially in a single context.

This issue is specific to the Cursor CLI (cursor agent) interface. The sub-agent launch does appear to be available in the Cursor IDE’s chat panel.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Create a setup with a skills based orchestrator and 2 sub-agents invoked on a Cursor v2.5+ setup. The reproducer will look like:
    • An orchestrator skill (.cursor/skills/demo-orchestrator.md) that reads two agent definitions and attempts to launch them as parallel sub-agents
    • Two agent definitions (.cursor/agents/agent-a.md, .cursor/agents/agent-b.md)
  2. Via the Cursor CLI prompt: “Run the demo orchestrator”

Refer to a previous discussion Sub-Agents in Cursor-CLI - #6 by Tharun_S for additional context (Moving to report a bug following the discussion). The aim for this request is to enable parity with the chat interface and Claude CLI.

Expected Behavior

The orchestrator skill triggers and launches sub-agents in the background via the Task tool in parallel. Instead, the response from Cursor is:
The issue is that the Task tool is not injected into the CLI agent’s toolset. My available tools are: Shell, Glob, Grep, Read, Delete, StrReplace, Write,
EditNotebook, TodoWrite, WebFetch, ListMcpResources, and FetchMcpResource. There is no Task tool among them.
This is likely a Cursor CLI limitation — the Task tool (subagent dispatch) may only be available in the Cursor IDE’s chat/composer panel, not in the cursor

Operating System

Linux

Version Information

CLI Version 2026.02.13-41ac335
Model Claude 4.5 Opus (Thinking)
OS linux (x64)
Terminal vscode
Shell bash

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Claude 4.5 Opus (Thinking)

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

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The Task Tool is now available on Cursor! Thank you

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