Cursor Router: Intelligent Model Routing with Intelligence, Balance, and Cost Modes

What is new

• Cursor Router: Intelligent routing that analyzes each request and directs it to the appropriate model.
• Three modes: Intelligence (frontier quality), Balance (strong quality for daily use), Cost (good quality optimizing token spend).
• Admin controls: Team admins can enable/restrict modes per team or group.
• Availability: Desktop, web, iOS, CLI, and SDK.

Why it matters

Cursor Router addresses one of the key pain points for development teams: paying only for the performance level they actually need. Complexity-based classification can significantly reduce token costs without sacrificing quality on routine tasks.

How to try it

Select your preferred Router mode in Cursor settings. Admins configure modes through team settings.