Cursor 3.3: Context Usage Breakdown for Agent Diagnostics

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Cursor v3.3 (May 6) introduces a context usage breakdown panel: clicking an agent's context ring in the Agents Window shows a proportional breakdown of context consumed by rules, skills, MCP servers, subagents, and other components, helping developers pinpoint unexpectedly heavy context consumers.

Why it matters

Context exhaustion is a top failure mode in multi-repo, multi-MCP agent sessions; granular visibility helps developers avoid hitting limits and reduce token costs.

Importance: 2/5

Targeted DX improvement for heavy coding-agent users addressing a common failure mode

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