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Chat & AI Panel

Cmd+LOpen AI chat panel

Cmd+IOpen Agent / Composer mode

Cmd+Shift+LAdd selection to chat context

Cmd+KOpen inline edit (selected code)

Cmd+Shift+KInline edit without selection

Cmd+EnterSubmit chat message

EscapeClose chat / dismiss suggestion

Inline Completions (Tab)

TabAccept full suggestion

EscapeDismiss suggestion

Alt+]Next suggestion

Alt+[Previous suggestion

Cmd+→Accept word by word

Cmd+Shift+→Accept to end of line

Context References (@)

@codebaseReference entire codebase in chat

@filenameAttach a specific file

@folderAttach a folder and its contents

@webPull content from the web

@docsReference indexed documentation

@gitReference git history and diffs

@SymbolsReference code symbols by name

@recentReference recently edited files

Rules

.cursor/rules/Directory for all rule files (.mdc)

.cursorrulesLegacy project-root rules file

alwaysApply: trueRule applied to every request

globs: "**/*.ts"Auto-attach rule to matching files

description:Shown to model when rule is relevant

manual rulesRules used only when @referenced in chat

Cursor Settings > RulesGlobal user-level rules config

Agent Mode

Cmd+IEnter Agent (Composer) mode

Yolo modeSkip all confirmation prompts

CheckpointCreate a restore point before changes

Restore checkpointRoll back to a previous state

Max modeUnlimited requests without rate limits

Background agentsRun agents asynchronously in cloud

BugBotAuto-review PRs on GitHub

Model Selection

Model picker (top-right)Switch model in any chat

composer-1Cursor in-house agentic model (default)

claude-sonnet-4-6Anthropic Claude (latest Sonnet, 1M ctx)

claude-opus-4-7Anthropic Claude (most capable Opus)

gpt-5OpenAI GPT-5 (default OpenAI option)

gpt-5-codexOpenAI coding-tuned GPT-5

gemini-3.1-proGoogle Gemini 3.1 Pro (1M ctx)

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