What happened to defaultNoContext?

General
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We configured the setting "cursor.chat.defaultNoContext": true on .vscode/settings.json to prevent Cursor from automatically adding the current file to the chat.

(got it from this forum post: .cursorignore not being used - #7 by rubycon)

Today I noticed that setting is not valid any longer:

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Asked Chat how to prevent files from being automatically added to it, it said to use "ai.contextStrategy": "none" on .cursor/settings.json.

I created that file and used Tab to autocomplete other options there too:

{
  "ai.contextStrategy": "none",
  "ai.chat.defaultNoContext": true,
  "cursor.chat.defaultNoContext": true
}

No combination of that works, files are still automatically added to Chat (restarted Cursor multiple times).

The documentation (Cursor - Build Software Faster) is also not helpful: it refers to Default to no context under Cursor Settings > Features > Chat, which doesn’t exist any longer.

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Version info

Version: 0.43.5
VSCode Version: 1.93.1
Commit: 2eaa79a1b14ccff5d1c78a2c358a08be16a8e5a0
Date: 2024-11-27T09:11:51.854Z
Electron: 30.5.1
Chromium: 124.0.6367.243
Node.js: 20.16.0
V8: 12.4.254.20-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 22.6.0

The lack of consistency and care with privacy and security is hindering Cursor as a code assistant alternative.

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hey! i’ll look into this and get back to you!