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Cursor 1.6: Slash Commands, Summarization & Agent Terminal

Cursor 1.6 adds custom slash commands for team workflows, on-demand context summarization, MCP Resources support, and a major Agent terminal stability overhaul. 45 patches included.

Cursor 1.6: Slash Commands, Summarization & Agent Terminal

TL;DR

  • Custom slash commands for reusable prompts stored in your repo
  • On-demand context summarization to free up token space mid-conversation
  • MCP Resources support with environment variable interpolation
  • Agent terminal stability overhaul — fewer hangs, better SSH, OS notifications

New

  • Custom slash commands — Create reusable prompts in .cursor/commands/[command].md and share with your team. Useful for linters, compile error fixes, and PR generation with conventional commits.
  • On-demand summarization — Use /summarize to compress conversation history without starting a new chat, freeing context window space mid-session.
  • MCP Resources support — Servers can now share contextual data (files, schemas, app-specific info). Environment variable interpolation added for MCP configuration.
  • Agent terminal improvements — Dramatically improved stability and reliability. Commands no longer hang, SSH experience enhanced, faster execution, and OS notifications for approval prompts.

Fixed

  • Terminal command hanging and improper exit behavior
  • Git issues, branch switching, and diff parsing
  • Shell environment and CLI parsing problems
  • MCP server connection and reinstallation bugs
  • Terminal rendering and state restoration for Bash/ZSH
  • WSL compatibility for Agent terminal

Updated to Cursor 1.6.45 via the built-in updater or download from cursor.com.

Source: Cursor

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