Composer does not create files in most cases.

[emadurandal]

Composer does not create files in most cases. In many cases, the composer only outputs the contents of the files as text and does not actually create the files.

Example of a prompt for successful file creation:

• "create a Todo app with react"

Example of a prompt for NOT successful file creation:

• "Make an Othello game in Python"
• "create a README.md"
• "create a package.json"
• "create a tsconfig.js"

1. If you can, please include a screenshot of your problem

2. Please include the name of your operating system macos Sonoma, and cursor version is 0.39.6

3. If you can, steps to reproduce are super helpful type a prompt like "create a README.md", "create a package.json", "create a tsconfig.js", etc in Composer pane.

[rishabhpoddar]

Im seeing the same behaviour. Same OS and version as @emadurandal

[cjgammon]

I'm seeing this as well, it was working for a bit and then stopped updating certain files, even if they are included.

[i-am-logger]

seeing this as well

[fkdiomande]

Same for me

[emadurandal]

@rishabhpoddar @cjgammon @i-am-logger @fkdiomande

Try the following prompt. Specifying a directory path seems to work

Create a README.md at ./

But, I think AI should take into account the user's intentions even without specifying a path

[oreganmike]

Suffering this as well, it's driving me nuts. (I see the files appear briefly, then they vanish 😭 )

[hzc54188]

hurt me so much

[almirsarajcic]

@rishabhpoddar @cjgammon @i-am-logger @fkdiomande

Try the following prompt. Specifying a directory path seems to work

Create a README.md at ./

But, I think AI should take into account the user's intentions even without specifying a path

Weirdly, this works. I restart Composer until this gives me a README.md file. Then, I write my prompt in that session.

[bmills22]

+1, no file created with composer.

[catpuking]

When I said "can you touch all the files mentioned" that triggered it all to start working, and ironically it didn't touch them but instead created and wrote to them.

[nickohold]

When I said "can you touch all the files mentioned" that triggered it all to start working, and ironically it didn't touch them but instead created and wrote to them.

This didn't help in my case. It just got cursor to start printing every single file in my project.

It was creating new files and dirs properly, but out of the blue it stopped...

I urge the devs to fix this asap.