diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts b/packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts
index 46a4d25ac303cd9d0dff6edeec6c695265108809..8ff14d959eb151ff1fe141f8c37c64231abbb6da 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ describe("ServerSettings.providerInstances (slice-2 invariant)", () => {
     expect(decoded.providers.codex.enabled).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("enables every built-in provider by default", () => {
+    const decoded = decodeServerSettings({});
+    expect(decoded.providers.cursor.enabled).toBe(true);
+    expect(decoded.providers.claudeAgent.enabled).toBe(true);
+    expect(decoded.providers.grok.enabled).toBe(true);
+    expect(decoded.providers.opencode.enabled).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("decodes a multi-instance map mixing first-party and fork drivers", () => {
     const decoded = decodeServerSettings({
       providerInstances: {
diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts b/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts
index 96ee5b85c05ad48cd5453074aef809bb805461c0..133358c812e57167a58f96d370b9268ee3642473 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ export const CursorSettings = makeProviderSettingsSchema(
     // Off by default (like Grok and OpenCode): the binding is not yet
     // stable enough to probe on every install. Users opt in from Settings.
     enabled: Schema.Boolean.pipe(
-      Schema.withDecodingDefault(Effect.succeed(false)),
+      Schema.withDecodingDefault(Effect.succeed(true)),
       Schema.annotateKey({ providerSettingsForm: { hidden: true } }),
     ),
     binaryPath: makeBinaryPathSetting("cursor-agent").pipe(