Easy-access model presets for Cursor — switch models and reasoning levels from the Explorer sidebar.
Requires Cursor IDE. This extension uses Cursor-only APIs and will not switch models in stock VS Code.
- Compact Explorer list with clickable presets
- Add as many presets as you want
- Pick any model from your Cursor catalog
- Pick reasoning / effort / fast variants per preset
- Remove or reconfigure anytime
- Vendor logos (OpenAI, Claude, Grok, Composer, Gemini)
- Install in Cursor
- Open Explorer (
Cmd+Shift+E/Ctrl+Shift+E) - Find Cursor Quick Presets under the file tree
- Click a preset to switch models
- Hover → ⚙ to change, ✕ to remove
- Use Add model at the bottom of the list for more presets
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
Cursor Quick Presets: Focus |
Focus the Explorer presets |
Cursor Quick Presets: Open as Editor |
Open as a resizable editor tab |
Cursor Quick Presets: Configure Preset |
Configure or add a preset from the command palette |
Cursor Quick Presets: Refresh Model Catalog |
Reload models from Cursor |
cursorQuickPresets.buttons — variable-length array of presets:
{
"label": "Sol High",
"modelId": "gpt-5.6-sol",
"params": [
{ "id": "context", "value": "272k" },
{ "id": "reasoning", "value": "high" },
{ "id": "fast", "value": "false" }
]
}cursorQuickPresets.showToasts — show status-bar feedback after switches (default true).
- Cursor IDE (recent desktop build)
- The pad reads your local Cursor model catalog and calls Cursor’s model-switch command
Cursor Quick Presets reads Cursor’s local state.vscdb only to list available models/variants on your machine. Nothing is sent to a third-party server by this extension.
MIT