Cursor IDE automatic model routing

Cursor Router classifier trained on 600k live coding requests; automatically selects best model per prompt; saves 30-50% on AI coding costs

AA clean typed decision (yes/no, a pick from a list, or a level on a scale) that is concrete, repeats routinely, and has meaningful value.5.83

Key facts

Vertical
Software & tech
Function
Agents & dev
Status
Seen in the wild
Volume
high
Value
major
Risk
moderate
Evidence
described plan
Flags
None

Source: https://dev.to/terminalblog/cursor-router-automatically-picks-the-best-model-for-every-coding-task-3d8o

Build this with a classifier

Define a typed decision with a bounded answer, then evaluate it on examples.

{
  "decision_type": "choice",
  "question": "Does this input match the decision in “Cursor IDE automatic model routing”?",
  "input": "<input to classify>",
  "output": "one label from a fixed list"
}

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