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Cursor Bugbot bill going up? Check these 3 settings

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Source checked 22 Oct 2026 · Published 23 Oct 2026 · Last reviewed 23 Oct 2026 · By Ctrl+Z Therapy (how we test)

The short answer

Cursor's Bugbot docs say Bugbot uses usage-based billing, and each review is billed once, to the account that has Bugbot turned on for the repository. Three settings change how much it uses: the effort level, Incremental Review, and Automatically Learn Rules. Higher effort levels can find more bugs, but each review may take longer and take up more usage.

What to do

  1. Effort level: Low optimizes for cost, with quality close to Default.
  2. Incremental Review: keep it on. By default, Bugbot reviews only the changes since the previous Bugbot review; turning it off reviews the full diff on every push.
  3. Learning: each learning run counts toward Bugbot usage like a review. Turning off Automatically Learn Rules stops it.

Good to know

  • Effort levels are available only on usage-based Bugbot plans.
  • Bugbot skips pull requests over its review-size limit, and a skipped run records no review usage.

Source

Checked on 22 Oct 2026. Prices, limits and settings change, so check the source before you rely on them.