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: [ima…

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

What’s the status of this, please? This is a very concerning issue and as subscribers of Cursor we expect a quicker response.

yes, this is the answer: [image] Cursor can see my API Key but how? Discussion Hey, It’s possible the Composer can see the file if you have it open, either as the focused or a background tab. If it is in your .gitignore, you can be sure it is not in you codebase index, an…

Hey, @ericzakariasson . Thanks for getting back to us. I understand the indexing of the codebase and the ignore files, but: You didn’t address the point about stale docs, stating an option that prevents files/tabs being sent to Chat/Composer, and that this option silently got removed; Are we expec…

Also, see this: “Cursor Tab… will run on any open file unless you have cpp disabled on the file’s language.” [image] .cursorignore not being used Discussion We do not index files that are gitignored or cursorignored. This is respected on the next re-index (which happens a…

good catch, we’ll update the docs! many things changing, so we’ve fallen behind with that. i’ll make sure to keep them more up to date! i’d say yes to that. ignore files like .cursorrules only prevent the file content from being indexed. chat & composer has access to all files in their context. we’…

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leite08 (Rafael Leite) December 5, 2024, 2:18pm 5

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