Gemini 3.8 Flash Available in Cursor CLI

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-09-03 · Open on X

Topics: AI Dev Tools & Productivity · Level: beginner

Summary

A news note: Gemini 3.8 Flash is already available in the Cursor CLI, and the creator plans to use it that day.

Key points

• Gemini 3.8 Flash can be selected in the Cursor CLI.
• Cursor's terminal agent adds new models soon after release.

Resources mentioned

• Cursor · tool · x.com · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  AI-native code editor (VS Code with AI built in).
  Also in: GLM 5.3 and GLM 5.3 Flash now in Cursor (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Grok Bot Can Now Hand Off Coding Tasks to Cursor (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Why Plan Mode Still Matters in AI Coding Assistants (Codex, Claude, Cursor) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Why Plan Mode Still Matters in AI Coding Agents (Codex, Claude, Cursor) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 121 more
• Gemini Flash · tool · deepmind.google · free
  Google's fast, low-cost Gemini model, suited to auxiliary tasks like web browsing and vision.
  Also in: Testing Gemini 3.8 Flash in Cursor with a CRM Smoke Test (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Models That Work With the Hermes Agent for Personal Productivity (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Cut Hermes Agent Token Costs with Gemini Flash as an Auxiliary Model (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)