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11 verified traps, most recently checked first.

• Claude Fable 5.1 requests fail in Cursor with Privacy Mode on until data retention is approved

  Requests to Claude Fable 5 or 5.1 fail for an Enterprise team or a Privacy Mode user

  Cursor · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• Cursor Agent cannot see CSV, PDF, SVG, or image files in the project

  @-mentioning a .csv or .svg file finds nothing

  Cursor · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• Cursor Agent terminal output is truncated or garbled with Powerlevel10k or another heavy prompt

  Command output looks cut off or misformatted in Agent's terminal

  Cursor · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• Cursor CLI agent -p finishes but leaves the files unchanged

  The final answer describes edits, but git diff is empty

  Cursor · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• Cursor MCP server fails authentication when mcp.json uses ${API_KEY} instead of ${env:API_KEY}

  An MCP server configured with ${API_KEY} in env or headers rejects its credentials

  Cursor · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• Cursor rule with alwaysApply false and no description or globs is never applied

  The rule is listed but Agent ignores it

  Cursor · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• Cursor User Rules have no effect on Inline Edit (Cmd+K) or Tab completions

  Cmd+K edits ignore style preferences that Agent follows

  Cursor · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• .cursorignore does not stop Cursor Agent from reading ignored files through the terminal or MCP tools

  Agent runs cat on a file listed in .cursorignore and sees its contents

  Cursor · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• .cursorignore negation does not re-include a file inside an ignored folder

  !public/assets/style.css has no effect after public/*

  Cursor · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• id -u returns 0 inside Cursor's Linux sandbox, so docker --user and chown use root

  Files created by a sandboxed Docker run are owned by root on the host

  Cursor · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

• VS Code extension is missing or different in Cursor's extension search

  A Microsoft Marketplace extension cannot be found in Cursor

  Cursor · verified 2026-10-15 · 0 confirmations

claude mcp add --transport http footgun https://getfootgun.com/api/mcp