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Cursor 2.1: Plan Mode UI, In-Editor Code Review, Instant Grep

Cursor 2.1 brings interactive Plan Mode, in-editor AI Code Review, and instant grep searches. Enterprise gains origin allowlist and extension controls. Cloud Agent now supports GitLab, GitHub Enterprise, Sentry, and Plain.

Cursor 2.1: Plan Mode UI, In-Editor Code Review, Instant Grep

TL;DR

  • Plan Mode now shows interactive UI for clarifying questions — search plans with ⌘+F
  • AI Code Review runs directly in the editor to catch bugs before commit
  • Instant Grep (beta) speeds up agent codebase searches across all models
  • Enterprise: origin allowlist, extension controls, Cloud Agent support for GitLab, GitHub Enterprise, Sentry, Plain

New

  • Plan Mode interactive UI — Cursor asks clarifying questions when creating plans and now displays them in an interactive interface for faster iteration
  • AI Code Review in editor — Find and fix bugs directly in Cursor's sidepanel without leaving your workflow; complements existing Bugbot integration with GitHub, GitLab, and Enterprise Server
  • Instant Grep (beta) — All agent grep commands and manual codebase searches now run instantly, including regex and word boundary matching
  • Project-level hooks — Define hooks at the project level for more granular agent configuration
  • Commit & push in diff review — New button added to the agent diff review pane for faster code acceptance
  • Cloud Agent integrations — GitLab, GitHub Enterprise, Sentry, and Plain now supported
  • Origin allowlist (Enterprise) — Restrict browser tools via dashboard to control navigation outside approved domains
  • Extension controls (Enterprise) — Define allowlist and blocklist for VS Code extensions in the dashboard

Fixed

  • Terminal process awareness — improved detection of already-running processes
  • File navigation in review — clicking files in the review list now jumps directly to the diff in the review pane
  • Per-file diff auto-accept — auto-accepting diffs on commit now works at the individual file level

Changed

  • Custom modes removed — export existing custom modes as custom commands instead
  • Minimum version bumped — now requires 1.5 minimum, 1.7 minimum supported
  • VS Code Extension API upgraded to v1.105.1
  • Rules in home folder (~/.cursor/rules) now included in context automatically
  • Editor title menu entries compressed into show more menu
  • Enterprise group policy renamed to Cursor

Update: Run cursor --version to check your version, or download the latest from cursor.com. Instant Grep is rolling out gradually to 2.1 users over the next week.

Source: Cursor

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