Claude Fable 5.2 lands in Cursor and takes the top spot on CursorBench at 60%
Cursor added Claude Fable 5.2 to its model list the same day Anthropic shipped it. On CursorBench, Cursor's own test of real coding tasks, Fable 5.2 scored 60.0% at Max effort and 56.9% at High, up from 49.2% for Fable 5.1 at High. It has since been overtaken: Gemini 4 Carbon High now holds the top spot at 60.4%, per Cursor's CursorBench leaderboard. It remains a strong option in Cursor's picker for hard, multi-file agent work, though it's also one of the priciest per token.
Why it matters
CursorBench measures the kind of work people actually do in Cursor, so a 7.7-point jump at default effort is a practical signal of fewer failed agent runs on tough tasks.
Who it's for
Cursor users who hit walls with their usual model on big refactors, gnarly bugs or long agent runs.
How to try it
- Update Cursor and choose Claude Fable 5.2 in the agent's model picker.
- Use default effort for most tasks; only turn it up to max for the hardest problems, since higher effort costs more.
- Keep a cheaper model for small edits and switch to Fable 5.2 when the agent keeps failing on the same task.
Plan & availability: Available in Cursor's model picker from November 9, 2026, per Cursor's official post. Usage is billed under your Cursor plan's model pricing; Anthropic's API list price for Fable 5.2 is $8/$40 per million input/output tokens. Checked on X on November 10, 2026.
Source: @cursor_ai on X ↗
Written by AgentStackList from the original post. Checked Nov 10, 2026. Features, plans and availability can change, so confirm on the source before you rely on it.
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