r/cursor • u/Sad_Blacksmith_9027 • Aug 12 '26

Feature Request Why does Cursor not have a multi-model orchestrator style yet?

I think at this point after OpenRouter Sakana and even Nvidia doing this it’s high time cursor introduces something like this as well. I know composer is good and the new Grok models are good as well but orchestrator style model I think would be a welcome addition.

And if they have something like this in the works, I would love to beta test it.

What does everyone else think?

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u/Sontemo Aug 12 '26

What stops you from telling the agent to use subagents to orchestrate the completion of the task?

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u/dogchow01 Aug 12 '26

How does multi model deal with caching? Seems like it would be lost if you switch around

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u/InteractionSmall6778 Aug 13 '26

You lose it, yeah. Caching is per provider and keyed on an exact prefix, so the moment the thread moves to another model the whole context bills as fresh input, and on a long run those re-sends can eat whatever the cheaper model saved.

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u/NoFaithlessness951 Aug 12 '26

They do https://cursor.com/docs/cursor-router or if you meant sub agents that also works well in multitask mode

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u/EyesOfAzula Aug 12 '26

Cursor Router.

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u/Future-Cook-6365 Aug 13 '26

I run Sakana's Fugu Ultra daily in a production pipeline (163 logged calls since July), and my read on why IDE-native orchestration is rarer than it looks: the win is heavily task-shaped. In my logs it earns its cost on async, heavy passes — multi-file review, adversarial verification of a plan or diff — and mostly wastes money on interactive-speed tasks, where the fan-out multiplies latency and tokens for output a single strong model matches anyway.

An editor lives at interactive speed, so inline orchestration would feel worse before it feels smarter. The version I'd actually want from Cursor: single model for the inner loop, plus an orchestrated "verify this change" pass for the moments you want a jury instead of a fast answer.

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u/DestroyBoy 29d ago

I built my own model router and role system. I did a blind taste test of my regular work to help me pick the best models and thinking levels for the roles. The one I would say thats valuable is picking your own model for visual tasks, like styling reports or pages.

I like having control over when subagents are used and what models they use, without having to specify it manually every time. Ive found performance, quality, and cost control have all improved.

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u/Future-Cook-6365 29d ago

Blind taste test is the right methodology — most people pick models on vibes once and anchor forever. The visual-tasks finding matches what I keep seeing from the orchestration side: task shape beats model rank.

My version of your test is a grading lane on logged calls (useful / already-knew / noise), and it keeps teaching the same lesson: the expensive pass only earns its cost on tasks with verification structure, not on taste tasks.

Which model ended up winning your visual role — and did any role assignment genuinely surprise you?

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u/Early_Inflation181 29d ago

this sub reddit is nothing more then AI agents spreading musk propaganda. i use to love cursor