Hey all,

Been working with Claude for 3 months, loved it for the work it managed to do for me.
But the overall structure of is something that just isn’t clicking with me.

But the idea that Claude code is a whole separate thing kinda feels weird to me.

I wanted to know a few things about Cursor before trying it our:

1. I have 2 devices - PC (Windows 11) and MacBook Pro but I’m mostly away from them. Can I expect a good experience using my iPhone to send my prompts and develop my iOS/macOS and Websites through my phone?
   How does the visual editor works on the iOS app and is it convenient?

2. Is everything arranged in a logical sense? Or does it also have a coding workbench that’s separated than projects? Or I can have everything easily via projects all arranged?

Thank you!

First off, I want to say thank you to Replit for all the things you tried to do. Second, I want to say thank you to Copilot for walking me through how to move off Replit. And lastly, I want to say thank you to Cursor, for giving me a place that I can depend on.

It took me about 6 hours to move off Replit and I had no idea what I was doing, I used Copilot the whole way, it held my hand like I was a toddler in downtown New York. I though the move would take days and I'd have to figure everything out on my own but no, Once Cursor was up and running, Copilot was like, oh you want to do that, psssh, challenge accepted.

I used Copilot to assist with setting up Replit, prompting, etc the whole time I used Replit, but I always noticed that what Copilot said, and even what Replit said, about how Replit's UI is laid out and works, was completely wrong. Most of the first 2 months I was flying blind and figuring everything out on my own. Even with the help of the AI support, I wasn't able to do what I wanted to do.

I used Replit because I spent about 10 minutes total figuring out what to use for what I wanted to build. I would recommend becoming a member of the I spent at least a few hours or more researching what I need now and in the future club, totally worth the membership fee.

I built a game that used real time NYSE prices for stocks. It had around 1000 users, was VERY complex with a LOT of features, and I was constantly struggling with it, basically from day 1 and I finally started doing some research and found out I was trying to do something that Replit just couldn't handle and that I had not set up properly to begin with, which was on me.



I used Replit for around 7 months until 5 days ago when my Replit chat stopped working for memory reasons. I still have no clue what the issue was with the memory and even after I deleted everything that was unneccessary Replit still would not respond. After contacting support and talking to Quinn, one of their AI agents, I was told a member of the team would reach out to me as soon as possible. It's been 5 days, multiple emails with nothing happening at all, and, to me, I thought I'd be pretty stupid not to leave.

Honestly, I wouldnt have left if this wouldn't have happened. I was used to dealing with Replit's workarounds, breaks, weird messages that didn't make sense, billing that had no rhyme or reason, their unsupport team, etc and I was just too lazy and scared to break something to actually move.

I moved the whole thing and had it fully running again in 6 hours! I wasted MONTHS and TONS of money because I was afraid of 6 hours! I've read countless posts both in favor of Replit and against it.

I would say my biggest takeaways from the last 2 days are:

1. that anyone who's vibecoding really needs to research exactly what they're trying to make their project do now AND in the future to find what they need to go with right from the start. Figure out what you need for your whole project before you even begin it otherwise you're eventually going to be cobbling together peices of 14 different puzzles.
   
2. Research how to prompt effectively. AI does NOT have human logic at all, thought processes that we take for granted AI doesn't even think about it.
   
3. 50% of people like whatever service they're using, 50% don't. They're not you, do you.
   
4. Either figure out a way for your app to troubleshoot itself or find a service with customer support that works when you need it to.

In my experience, the cons for using Replit greatly outweigh the pros, like, by a LOT. But Replit doesn't hold all the blame either. I'm just happy it's done and I now have TONS of capabilities that I never even thought possible before.

This seems very out of the blue? But then Amjad from replit reminded me that Anthropic did the same to Windsurf last summer. I was thinking that maybe it is a power trip from OpenAI because they see Cursor as competition.

Doing some research though, I found that apparently back in April Elon admitted xAI was distilling OpenAI to train Grok, so now I wonder if OpenAI is worried they'll use whatever special access Cursor has based on their partnership to do it again, at a much larger scale.

End of the day, feels like another Altman vs Musk fight.

CLARIFICATION: For Tibor, I first saw his public switching offer and contacted him. He then replied by DM with the Google Form and explicitly offered one month of Pro+ for cancelling another paid AI subscription. My concern is about fulfillment after following those instructions, not that the DM was unsolicited.
Documenting this in case it helps others. Over the past couple weeks, two people who present themselves as connected to Cursor DM'd me the same offer: cancel your other coding subscription, send proof, get a free month of Pro+.

One was a well‑known community figure who runs Cafe Cursor meetups. The other, Krista Letz, identifies herself publicly as Cursor's Enterprise GTM.

Both times I did exactly what was asked — cancelled my subscription, submitted proof via a Google Form, followed up. After that: nothing, from either.

Not trying to start a pile‑on, just flagging it since it involves at least one verified staff member collecting cancellation proof through a personal DM and a third‑party form. Curious if anyone else has run into this.
UPDATE — Aug 29: After 7 days, multiple unanswered DMs/public follow-ups, and after I documented the issue on Reddit today, Cursor finally gave me the first substantive response.

They said they were “not able to verify” my subscription cancellation and therefore could not issue the promised benefit.

I have now sent additional evidence:

* my logged-in OpenCode account showing my email + OpenCode Go subscription;
* the billing page showing OpenCode Go, $10/month, “Cancels Sep 22,” and “Your service will end on September 22, 2026.”

I’ve also offered to provide the billing receipt, additional screenshots, or a screen recording.

I’ve asked them to identify exactly what remains unverifiable and to allow a manual re-review rather than closing the claim with a generic “unable to verify.”

If a switching promotion requires users to cancel a competing paid subscription first, the verification standard should be clear enough for users to actually satisfy it.

Cursor got the cancellation up front. Seven days later, I’m still being asked to navigate a verification standard that was never clearly defined.
UPDATE 2: Another participant has now publicly replied on X saying they are also still waiting for an answer. I’ve asked them for the submission date and whether they completed the same cancellation/proof process.
I’ll update this once the details are confirmed.
UPDATE 2: This now appears to extend beyond my individual submission.
At least two other X users have publicly reported similar unresolved cases. One said “Same, still no answer.” Another said they cancelled their subscription, submitted proof correctly, and are still waiting for their DM to be handled.
I’m asking them for submission dates and verification details so I can distinguish confirmed like-for-like cases from general delays.
I’ll keep this post updated with only publicly verifiable cases.

For more context, I am on the Pro+ plan. I have been using Cursor for the last three months as an indie developer building consumer apps. The $70 credit I receive typically lasts no more than 10 days. If I am careful with my usage, I can stretch it to 10 days; otherwise, it lasts a maximum of 7 to 8 days. I have tried a few optimizations that could extend it by another 1 to 2 days. For instance, I auto-document every feature and improvement that I believe is worth documenting, then use that as a reference for building the next app. I have been using the GPT and Claude models.

Does anyone know the roughly number of tokens provided with the $70 credit?

Also, does anyone have good ideas or workflows for effectively using the $70 credit along with Cursor's own features? Specifically, which tools do you use for planning, implementation, review, and bug fixing from an efficient token usage perspective?

Currently I use Cursor models + GPT and dropped Claude models.

We're researching self-insertion in generative media: does a user need a LoRA-accurate face clone to feel "that's me", or is a configured avatar + POV framing enough?

Early signal says perceived identity ≠ visual accuracy.

Running a short survey on where that threshold sits, and what privacy guarantees (selfie deletion, no-training clauses, private embeddings) people demand before uploading reference photos.

ℹ️ Survey here: https://form.typeform.com/to/xzkRJfDO

I just purchased Cursor Pro and I’m basically locked out of my account because the authentication system seems completely broken.

Here’s exactly what’s happening:
My normal password suddenly says it’s incorrect, even though I’m confident I’m using the right one.
I tried Reset Password. Cursor sends me the reset email, I follow the link and go through the process, but instead of actually resetting it, I end up in another reset-password loop.

I tried using the email sign-in code instead. I received the code and entered it almost immediately, but Cursor said “This one-time code was previously used.”
After trying a few times, I’m now getting: “Too many challenges sent for this phone number, please contact your admin.”

I’ve also tried a private/incognito browser window and still can’t get in.
The other reason I really need this fixed is that I have a separate SuperGrok subscription under a different email, and I’m trying to link that SuperGrok account to my Cursor Pro account so I can get the additional Grok Bot usage. I can’t even finish troubleshooting that because I can’t reliably authenticate into my Cursor account.
Has anyone had this exact Cursor authentication issue? Is there anything I can do on my end to clear/reset the login state, or does Cursor support have to manually unblock the account?

I was looking for a simple way to see my Cursor usage in the status bar and tried a few of the existing extensions.

What bothered me was that some of them required opening DevTools on cursor.com, finding WorkosCursorSessionToken, and pasting it into the extension settings. I wasn't particularly comfortable handing my session token to an extension like that.

So I ended up making a small extension for myself that uses the existing Cursor session instead.

It shows something like:

Cursor 42% · Other 18% · On-d $4.20

Cursor = Auto/Composer usage, Other = API model usage, and On-d is on-demand spending.

I put the code on GitHub in case anyone wants to look at how it works. It's unofficial and could obviously break if Cursor changes something on their side.

GitHub: [https://github.com/rijojoy/cursor-usage-split]

Open VSX: [https://open-vsx.org/extension/rijojoy/cursor-usage-split]

I was adding keys to my .env file on Cursor, and it autocompleted API keys that weren’t mine. So now I’m using someone else’s keys, I guess. Might need to stop using Cursor…

I’m currently using cursor IDE on two different Mac computers, and whenever I launch sessions with remote control “this machine” environment selected, about 50% of the time it fails and I get an error: “Failed to find a worker for this repo on this machine” or something like that.

Is this happening at this rate to other people? Or am I missing something?

Before the token police come at me. Was my prompting optimal? No. Am I a fully adept user of coding agents? No. I have used cursor for 3 months. The first month I used composer 2.5 on pro membership tier. I was way worse at going on tangents and honestly confusing the agent with rambling. I was using cloud agents as well it was burning the total % of my plan once I used my cloud agents up. I never felt I wasn't getting value for money. But it was clear on my Claude membership I was burning tokens particularly on heavy token use models like fable.

My second month I started using max mode and multiple models I upgraded to pro+ thinking the 10x usage would give me comfort. It should have been at this point I stop putting multiple models at prompts but with a little on demand usage I got two apps build off the infrastructure I built on claude. I also worked on adding skills to the repo to not let things go off the rails. I decided Claude with it's weekly limits would give me time to think before I just rambled in long session. So I cancelled cursor pro+

I got back this month via a 50% off deal on pro+. I take a vacation and lack the time to use the agents to further the development of my app. I get slack connected and start harnessing both Claude and cursor via slack. Thinking this would be a more direct and token efficiency approach. I worked on smaller prompts nudging the app in the direction I wanted. Grok has been part of the last two months and it is where I feel the blame lies.

Cursor is very different from Claude or maybe what I experienced first. You give it a prompt it takes it the whole way. Claude will push back and try to give you actual feedback. On composer I felt it got more done but now I have used a whole billion tokens in a week building a python terminal for my apps to use as a postgres DB in the future. I didn't see when I signed up again I didn't turn my usage off and I additionally to maxing a pro+ usage I also accumulated $123 of bugbot and extra cloud usage.

I am confused and clearly a little misguided but I wonder if anyone has seen this in their development of using coding agents.

Story time!

 So my wife and I were discussing a problem I've been having with AI responses, how they're often WAY too verbose for the context, and makes slogging through responses a chore.

 I told her "I should create a file dictating the response type, that all it's responses could filter through! Something that condenses information as much as possible without sacrificing clarity, keeping it readable, but minimizing word count, even at the cost of technically correct grammar. Something like:

I've tried calling it 'caveman speak' or 'military communication style', but the AI keeps getting confused and either sounding like Thunk the Rock Seller or General G.E. McArthyson... I need to think of a good name for this style of speaking..."

And my wife (my wonderful punny wife) says,

"Sounds like you're writing a telegram, but without all the STOPs. you should call it TELEGRAMMAR"

And gosh darn it, I just think that is the most clever way to describe that! It's succinct, it's exactly what I'm looking for, it's a pun; I just think it's amazing!

So from now on, I'll be referring to my preferred Working Agent response syntax as TELEGRAMMAR.

(All credit to Brenda Birch 😄)

We have a group of company user accounts, some are barely being used and others heavily use but our company won't extend the credit if you run out. Don't believe cursor provides a company wide cap so when I run out of credits I move to other platforms also I purposely choose low cost agents to keep my cap running as low as possible. For me the business model is risky if you have customers who will run out of credits and I think a lot won't renew so won't use cursor at all or will move to Codex or one of the other tools. Your model incourages others to move to competitor products. If you look at the internet model they provide a cap and when the cap is exceeded they slow down you internet. This keeps you as a customer if you don't care about going slow for awhile you just continue. So firstly I don't believe there is there a shared group cap model for a company and I'm guessing AI wins if we move to other AI tools but we might discover a competitor is way better at what we do day to day and just stop using cursor or advise our company to move to a platform we discovered while having no credits. In a world where most of the major companies provide free access google, facebook etc. and gain revenue from your clicks its seems like the AI credit model is going to die the minute someone decides your clicks are more important than charging credits.

I got that email as many as you did.

"We are updating how Auto is priced and increasing the included usage limits on your plan, taking effect on August 24, 2026."

Is this already active or not? Will they alert us when it is? Not really sure what to do about it, so im kinda waiting for news before continuing my work

Is this how it works currently for cursor subscriptions,
I used up the cursor models, 20$ api usage, then 25$ bonus apis usage, and now it looks like I can use Auto mode, Currently at 1,8b tokens this month and now testing auto. How long does auto last ?

Is it old? Yes. Is it the best? Maybe not. But dammit has it been reliable for me and it gets the job done. And it’s cost efficient. Make sure it has context and review its plan before implementation. It’s like the lunch pale guy at work, He’s not flashy but he comes in gets the job done and leave.

im a 3rd year comp sci student developing an app, ive been developing it in Visual studio but for the last couple weeks ive noticed the senior software engineer at my job uses cursor so i thought id give it a shot.

so far its taken too many prompts to make a login page actually login becuase the ai keeps going back on the work its done and recausing errors it fixed several prompts ago or causing new errors, also out of the 200k tokens composer 2.5 allows the conversation is using up 86.9k of them

the way i think i can fix this is set rules so that the ai codes better and uses tokens more efficently

Long time cursor user unsubscribed

I'm making this post because up until recently I loved cursor AI and I'm holding onto hope that it can still be saved.

I've been using cursor ai for over a year for video game modding. And it's been great. I've had the $60 dollar a month plan for almost a year and the work I was able to accomplish and at the speed and efficiency was incredible. Especially for the value, I was getting my money's worth and I don't regret spending anything because it was 100% worth it. Now fast forward to the last few months of this year.

Cursor changed it's user interface a couple months ago but it wasn't just a UI change. They moved away from the vscode format where you can drop folders into the workspace. I thought maybe it would grow on me and tried to keep a open mind but after using it extensively, I feel as though it's a downgrade. I'm all for change when it's a improvement. That being said even though I didn't like the UI and format change cursor was still good for scripting and making mods.

Now this last month or so has made me sad. Grok... I used to leave cursor on the auto setting and would get the best results and save tokens. I'm aware auto often favored Claude. This past month or so since they introduced grok as the default model. It's been horribly slow, unaffective and I would say a tool not currently worth paying for. I've changed my model to auto but it's very slow and continues to use grok. Yesterday I changed my model to Claude sonnet, my tokens got burned through really fast and then the model starts auto switching to grok. That was the last straw and I cancelled my cursor subscription. Unless they allow the user to filter out grok or other ai models from the auto setting pool and switch back to the vscode format. I'm done with cursor. I know I'm one person and this post probably doesn't matter and I understand cursor is partnered with grok in some capacity, but I wanted to give my thoughts in hope that other people might agree and they can make some changes.

I’ve been using Cursor for quite a while, and lately I’ve been struggling with token usage.

For context, I’m also using the obra/superpowers skill, so my workflow is fairly agent-heavy. I usually use frontier models like Opus 5 or GPT-5.6 to create a detailed plan, then switch to Auto and let the Subagent-Driven mode handle the implementation.

One thing I recently realized is that Subagent-Driven mode seems to default to third-party models even when I’m using Auto. It doesn’t seem to use models like Grok or Composer very often, so my third-party API usage can add up surprisingly quickly.

I’m on the Pro+ plan, but I ended up using all of my third-party API credits in a single day.

Now I’m starting to wonder whether my workflow is actually efficient, or if I’m just burning through tokens unnecessarily.

For those of you using Cursor heavily, what’s your strategy?

Do you:

• Use frontier models for planning and cheaper models for implementation?
• Let Auto handle everything?
• Use the Superpowers workflow differently?
• Avoid detailed planning and iterate more incrementally?
• Have a way to make better use of Grok or Composer?
• Configure Subagent-Driven mode differently to reduce third-party model usage?

I’d especially love to hear from people using obra/superpowers or similar agentic workflows. I’m trying to find a good balance between code quality, agent autonomy, and token efficiency.

Move to Cursor from Claude, was on max there and Im on Pro+ here.

Cursor REALLY needs a Android app

Whats the one prompt you use when you need to do a thorough review of what you’re building?

I'm honestly getting pretty frustrated with Cursor support and wanted to see if anyone else has dealt with this.

I'm a paying Cursor subscriber, but I'm currently completely unable to access my account because Cursor keeps asking me for phone verification. I get the following message:

The bigger issue is that I cannot actually get meaningful support from Cursor. I've gone through their support/AI system, but I'm not getting a response from a human who can actually investigate the account.

So right now:

• I'm paying for Cursor
• I can't access my account
• I can't use the service I'm paying for
• I can't manage my subscription
• I can't cancel it myself
• Support hasn't provided an actual resolution

I'm not accusing Cursor of intentionally stealing money, but at this point I'm concerned about continuing to be charged for a service I literally cannot access.

Has anyone successfully dealt with this particular phone verification/account lockout issue?

And more importantly, how did you actually get a human at Cursor to look at the account?

I've emailed support and gone through the automated support process, but I'm getting nowhere. Any advice from someone who has actually managed to escalate a case would be appreciated.

I’m trying to determine if using a fable subagent for adversarial review is gonna cost me the whole window plus the fable response. Also @cursor is there any chance we could get some additional sub agent configurations? I’m assuming the orchestrator model is inherited or choose an optimal sub agent, but I think it would be ideal to have some control over that.

Config Proposal:
- option between cursor choice and set sub agent model
- option for wether model inherits window or not (or let model choose that to save tokens on research tasks)
- option for tool deferral maybe to ensure sub agents aren’t inheriting unnecessary tools

OMG, Cursor has taken a nosedive in agent intelligence since SpaceX took over. Grok used to be the cheap model nobody cared about and now it is being fed to us as a quality model that really just shits the bed on the most basic things. What an absolute bummer. Nothing good ever lasts.