Command reference · Cursor CLI
/show-thinking
Toggles display of the model's thinking blocks.
/show-thinking toggles whether the model's internal thinking blocks are shown visibly in the session.
✅ WHEN TO USE IT?
Understand why the agent made a particular decision
/show-thinking — turn on before a complex architecture decision
⛔ WHEN NOT TO?
Only the final result matters, not the reasoning path
Thinking blocks unnecessarily lengthen the visible output when only the result matters.
Better: Leave /show-thinking off for a more compact session
SOURCES
- Cursor Docs — Slash Commands ↗ cursor.com