# Using @\<terminal name\> in chat is broken

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/using-terminal-name-in-chat-is-broken/139838>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [October 30, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/using-terminal-name-in-chat-is-broken/139838 "2025-10-30T12:00:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ToonGeneral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@ToonGeneral](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ToonGeneral)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/using-terminal-name-in-chat-is-broken/139838/1 "2025-10-30T12:00:48Z")

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### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

### Describe the Bug

I have little faith that this will get addressed when the only other bug I have reported was ignored and then auto-closed after 30 days.

Using @ in chat has not worked properly for several versions. As you have just released a major version and still not fixed it, I thought I better report it. How it has got through UAT I cannot understand.

If using @ in chat, the AI does not have access to the terminal output.  
If using the ‘Add context’ button and selecting the same terminal, the AI does have access to the output.

### Steps to Reproduce

Type “@” in chat and ask the AI what it can see

### Expected Behavior

The AI should have access to the terminal output

### Screenshots / Screen Recordings

 ![Screenshot 2025-10-30 115053.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/5/a/5af339e3404c9f3a52a1ca8453efb6892c7faca3.png)

### Operating System

Windows 10/11

### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.34 (user setup)  
VSCode Version: 1.99.3  
Commit: 45fd70f3fe72037444ba35c9e51ce86a1977ac10  
Date: 2025-10-29T06:51:29.202Z  
Electron: 34.5.8  
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210  
Node.js: 20.19.1  
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0  
OS: Windows\_NT x64 10.0.26100

### For AI issues: which model did you use?

Auo

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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**Author:** ![ToonGeneral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@ToonGeneral](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ToonGeneral)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/using-terminal-name-in-chat-is-broken/139838/2 "2025-11-18T10:49:13Z")

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any chance of anyone looking at this? I keep experiencing a lot of weird behaviour with the chat interface, specifically the text box itself, but I dont want to bother writing them up if no one is ever going to reply. I’ll probably just go try something else out instead.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/using-terminal-name-in-chat-is-broken/139838/3 "2025-12-10T10:49:54Z")

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