Cursor CLI: Plan Handoff, Mermaid Diagrams, Feb 2026

TL;DR

• Hand off plans from CLI to cloud with a persistent decision menu
• Mermaid diagrams now render inline as ASCII in the terminal
• 42 quality-of-life fixes: better keyboard navigation, Emacs keybindings, improved Cursor Blame tracking, and reliability improvements
• Breaking: auto-updates now run in background; workspace trust handling changed with -force flag

New

• Plan mode decision menu — Choose to build in cloud or locally after plan generation; /plan returns to current plan; arrow keys + Enter to navigate and execute.
• Mermaid ASCII rendering — Flowcharts, sequence diagrams, state machines, class diagrams, and ER diagrams render inline in CLI; Ctrl+O toggles between rendered diagram and source.
• Cursor Blame integration — AI code and conversations tracked in CLI; attribution preserved through formatters (Prettier, Biome, pre-commit hooks); file deletions tracked.
• Agent session transcripts — Sessions saved as JSONL; headless mode writes transcripts for easier debugging and review.
• Emacs-style navigation — Ctrl+N/Ctrl+P for up/down, Ctrl+G for cancel/dismiss, alongside existing arrow keys and Esc.
• MCP credential re-authentication — Agent can re-authenticate on demand when credentials expire mid-session instead of failing silently.
• Sandbox network controls — Granular access: user config only, user config with defaults, or allow all.
• Linux clipboard compatibility — Wayland (wl-copy) and X11 (xclip) support for better desktop environment coverage.

Improved

• /resume now sorts by last interaction time, not creation time.
• Model reasoning and thinking blocks render inline as they stream.
• Markdown tables wrap text, use box-drawing borders, handle escaped pipes correctly.
• User message appears immediately after sending; "Generating..." clears when model finishes.
• Slash commands ranked by match closeness with recency as tie-breaker.
• Toggle commands (/auto-run, /max-mode, /vim) now single-invocation with status shown.
• Tool output distinguishes "Cancelled" (user-stopped) from "Interrupted" (externally-stopped).
• Terminal colors auto-detect dark/light background.
• Shell and task durations display in minutes and seconds.
• Reduced padding and visual spacing throughout CLI.
• Added keybindings: Alt+Delete for previous word, Ctrl+D to exit questionnaire prompts.
• Unified domain allowlisting for WebSearch and WebFetch; known-safe URLs auto-approved.
• MCP server skip now disables for session instead of repeated prompts.
• Sandbox unavailability message explains why for your OS.

Fixed

• Auto-updates run in background for faster startup.
• Boot time reduced.
• Connection retries on transport errors with checkpoint-aware state recovery.
• Background subagent resumes queued instead of interrupting running subagents.
• 403 errors no longer trigger logout.
• Headless mode hanging when workspace trust required; -force now implicitly trusts.
• approvalMode: "unrestricted" now respected without requiring -force.
• Abort restore rolls back cleanly when no checkpoint exists; user text preserved.
• /resume in non-git workspaces.
• Stale model lookup after model renames.
• Auto-run not applying to delete and MCP tools when toggling with Shift+Tab.
• iTerm2 Ctrl+J for newlines.
• Sudo askpass helper hardened; sudo prompts fixed on macOS.
• Windows Delete key sending forward-delete instead of backspace.
• Duplicate rendering artifacts during state transitions.
• User message color readability on light backgrounds.
• Relative paths in sandbox.json now resolve correctly against config file location.

Update Cursor: cursor --upgrade or download from cursor.com.

Source: Cursor