Cursor Adds Automated Work Features to Its Cloud Agents

At a glance

Cursor has improved its cloud agents so they can work on their own without a person giving instructions each time. Agents can start tasks in response to events and keep working until they reach their goal. They are also designed to stay on course during long tasks.

Key points

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   Agents watch pull requests (PRs) or Slack conversations and wake up to work when something comes up.

2. 2

   Cloud agents take ownership of the PRs they created, fix CI errors, and reply to bot comments.

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   Sub-agents, which are helper agents that split up large tasks, each run separately on their own virtual machine.

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   The /goal command lets users give a long-term goal to pursue until it is completed, and users can send messages during the work to change its direction.

Why it matters

This makes it possible for AI to build and deploy software without a person staying constantly involved.