Terminal doesn't find PATH

Bug Reports
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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Entries in PATH don’t seem to be respected when the integrated Cursor terminal runs commands.

Steps to Reproduce

I recognize this is not specific to the AWS CLI; I’m using this as an example.

  1. Install the AWS CLI
  2. Ensure the CLI’s in PATH (e.g., try which aws)
  3. Ask Cursor to do something resulting in a terminal event that calls the AWS CLI

Expected Behavior

The integrated terminal finds the AWS CLI and successfully runs the command.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.2.4
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: a8e95743c5268be73767c46944a71f4465d05c90
Date: 2025-07-10T16:53:59.659Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Additional Information

Tangentially related to the similar issue of Cursor not inheriting environment variables when launched via the command line.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

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Hi, thanks for your report - we definitely want to make sure the Agent has the ability to use your AWS CLI instance.

Can you take a quick read of this thread, and let me know if any of the settings suggested here help to resolved this?