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Route three editor tasks

Route one task to Ask, Agent, Plan or Debug, then add only the tool or runtime it needs.

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Route three tasks to Ask, Agent or Plan.

Outcome: Ask owns the read-only trace, Agent owns the bounded edit and Plan owns the unclear feature before any files change.

Route three tasks to Ask, Agent or Plan

Ask, Agent, Plan

3 steps · ~2 min

Ask → Agent → Plan

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Route three tasks to Ask, Agent or Plan
Ask, Agent, Plan
SayTrace how search filtering works without changing code.
DoChoose Ask. It can search and explain the code without editing files.
SayRename one label in two known files and run its test.
DoChoose Agent. The edit and check are both clear.
SayRedesign search across several files, but the scope is still unclear.
DoChoose Plan. Let it research, ask questions and produce a plan you can edit before building.
SeeAsk owns the read-only trace, Agent owns the bounded edit and Plan owns the unclear feature before any files change.

Simulated Cursor 3.12 (macOS, light) — beta educational reconstruction, not the real product.

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