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I use it the same way but cursor is constantly insisting on making code changes. Is there a trick to get it to introspect on the codebase without wanting to modify it?


I say something like "without making any code changes right now, investigate blah blah blah" and if I want more than just info "and propose a direction that I can look at", or sometimes give it a file to write a proposal into.


In Cursor, there is an 'ask' mode that isn't as over-eager to make edits as the default agent mode.


In Zed you can toggle between read-only and write modes at any point when using the agent. You can also create custom modes that allow the use of specific tools, editing only specific files, etc. Does cursor have a similar feature?




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