Command reference · Cursor CLI

/full-conversation

Turns off the performance-optimized short rendering and shows the full conversation history.

For long sessions, the Cursor CLI no longer redraws the complete conversation by default for performance reasons, only the most recent turns - this keeps terminal resizes and resuming old sessions (agent resume, --continue) fast. /full-conversation turns off this short rendering and has the CLI draw the complete previous history again. According to the official CLI changelog, the feature was introduced in May 2026 together with other rendering optimizations: "Long conversations redraw instantly. Full repaints render only recent turns (/full-conversation to opt out), keeping resizes and resumes fast in old sessions." This should be distinguished from other display commands like /line-numbers (line numbers in code blocks) or /show-thinking (thinking blocks), which control other display details but don't change the extent of the visibly rendered history. /full-conversation doesn't appear in the official command reference table of slash commands yet; the command can only be verified in the changelog.