Yadnesh Salvi

Story · Cursor

How Cursor Router chooses the right model for the task (Cursor)

Cursor blog · Story page

Cursor's router is trained on performance against real developer work rather than benchmark scores, and picks a model from the current turn, recent conversation state, task category, and tool calls. Model routing is quietly becoming a harness responsibility rather than a settings toggle.

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