Does Cursor have Reasoning / Thinking Mode?

Cursor supports Reasoning / Thinking Mode. The AI enters a specialized thinking state where it spends additional time computing and planning before outputting an answer for complex math or logic. Cursor is an AI-native code editor built as a fork of VS Code with multi-model agentic assistance and full-codebase context indexing. The model catalog lists Thinking variants and GPT reasoning-effort options (for example gpt-5-high). The SDK exposes thinking messages and a reasoning-effort parameter.

Tool

💻 Cursor by Anysphere

Feature

Reasoning / Thinking Mode · Developer

Status

Yes

Notes

The model catalog lists Thinking variants and GPT reasoning-effort options (for example gpt-5-high). The SDK exposes thinking messages and a reasoning-effort parameter.

Pricing

Available on the free plan.

Source

cursor.com

Last verified

2026-09-09