Cursor user complains it silently switches to Grok, which fails basic tasks
kylegawley · x · 2026-10-28
Developer kylegawley complains that Cursor keeps switching to Grok without warning, forcing him to re-select Codex for every prompt, and claims Grok can't handle basic tasks like building a Stripe payment notification with CSS. The attached screenshot shows the Stripe notification UI in question — a peek at friction between Cursor's model selection and third-party model quality.
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