diff --git a/src/main/agent-launch/trust/agent-trust-presets.test.ts b/src/main/agent-launch/trust/agent-trust-presets.test.ts
index 750a1f52ea3..dd8f7c16bfc 100644
--- a/src/main/agent-launch/trust/agent-trust-presets.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/agent-launch/trust/agent-trust-presets.test.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ describe('markCursorWorkspaceTrusted', () => {
       rmSync(workspace, { recursive: true, force: true })
     }
   })
+
+  it('uses the project directory cursor-agent reads', () => {
+    // Names computed by cursor-agent's own rule (2026.09.28 and 2026.11.05) for these paths.
+    markCursorWorkspaceTrusted('/orca-missing/My Repo_v2/Ünï  code--x.1', testState.fakeHomeDir)
+    markCursorWorkspaceTrusted('C:\\Users\\Jane Doe\\orca\\feat', testState.fakeHomeDir)
+    expect(readdirSync(join(testState.fakeHomeDir, '.cursor', 'projects')).sort()).toEqual([
+      'C-Users-Jane-Doe-orca-feat',
+      'orca-missing-My-Repo-v2-n-code-x-1'
+    ])
+  })
 })
 
 describe('markKimiWorkspaceTrusted', () => {
diff --git a/src/main/agent-launch/trust/agent-trust-presets.ts b/src/main/agent-launch/trust/agent-trust-presets.ts
index 220f9acb8f0..0af5a253bf8 100644
--- a/src/main/agent-launch/trust/agent-trust-presets.ts
+++ b/src/main/agent-launch/trust/agent-trust-presets.ts
@@ -163,8 +163,9 @@ function canonicalize(p: string): string {
 }
 
 function cursorWorkspaceSlug(absPath: string): string {
-  const stripped = absPath.replace(/^[\\/]+/, '')
-  // Windows paths contain characters forbidden in Cursor’s project-directory names.
-  const slug = stripped.replace(/[\\/:*?"<>|]+/g, '-')
-  return slug
+  // Mirrors cursor-agent's project-directory name; any mismatch leaves the trust menu up.
+  return absPath
+    .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g, '-')
+    .replace(/-+/g, '-')
+    .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '')
 }