Cursor 3.7: Canvases get Design Mode, context usage explorer, and better sharing
Cursor 3.7 expands Canvases with Design Mode (visual element annotation), an interactive context usage explorer, and improved canvas sharing and customization.
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Cursor’s latest changelog entry (labeled 3.7) is centered on Canvases: interactive artifacts created by agents (dashboards, reports, internal tools) that you can share with teammates. (https://cursor.com/changelog)
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Design Mode: point at UI elements instead of describing them
Cursor added Design Mode to canvases, which lets you select and annotate UI elements directly to guide the agent’s edits — similar to giving feedback in a browser-based editor rather than translating everything into text. (cursor.com/changelog">https://cursor.com/changelog)
This is especially useful for UI-heavy work (layout tweaks, component spacing, chart formatting) where “change X to look like Y” is slower than pointing at the exact element.
Context usage explorer (as a canvas)
Cursor can now generate an interactive context usage report inside a canvas. It breaks down token usage across major buckets like the system prompt, tool definitions, rules, and skills, and because it’s a canvas you can ask follow-up questions to refine the report. (https://cursor.com/changelog)
Cursor also adds a “Debug with Agent” button to help identify opportunities to reduce context usage in a new conversation. (https://cursor.com/changelog)
Sharing + canvas quality-of-life improvements
Cursor’s changelog also calls out:
- Shared canvases can be opened full-screen in the browser (useful for presenting). (https://cursor.com/changelog)
- Agents can embed buttons in canvases that run a specific prompt when clicked. (https://cursor.com/changelog)
- Improvements to canvas type-error fixing, component styling, and chart customization. (https://cursor.com/changelog)
Source
- Cursor — “What’s New in Cursor”: https://cursor.com/changelog
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