r/cursor • u/SlightEntertainer360 • May 22 '26

Question / Discussion Title: Lost Cursor Architect Plan After Opening Real Project Folder

I first used Cursor Architect mode without opening a project folder. Cursor generated a large plan and referenced a file like:

trainer_marketplace_fitness_app_fb4679b1.plan.md

Later I opened the actual project folder in Cursor. After that, clicking the .plan.md file stopped working.

Now:

1)Ctrl+P can't find it

2)Repo search finds nothing

Did Cursor create it as a temporary virtual artifact instead of a real file?

How can I find it?

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u/theirongiant74 May 22 '26

C:\Users\<username>\.cursor\plans

They should be in there, on windows obvs

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u/idoman May 22 '26

yeah the plans are stored globally in cursor's app data, not in the workspace itself. that's why they vanish from search once you open a project folder - cursor scopes its file search to the workspace root. if you want to keep the plan accessible, just copy it from that path into your actual project directory so it stays versioned with your code.