The third era of AI software development
A third era of AI software development is emerging as autonomous cloud agents take on larger tasks over longer timescales.
Ideas ·
The next level of autonomy
Cloud agents control their own computers to build ambitious software.
cursor.com/agents
Persona onboarding flow
let's build an onboarding flow that segments by persona
Add a follow up...
GitDesktopTerminalFiles
Take control
Across everywhere you work
Kick off and manage more agents in parallel from any surface.
Desktop
Hand off plans from your local agent to the cloud to run while you're offline.
Review Plan
Add dark mode toggle
The shell already has full light/dark CSS variables driven by OS preference.
Build Locally
Build in Cloud
Build, Plan, Ask Cursor anything
Mobile
Spawn cloud agents on the go directly from your phone.
Today
Vercel streaming SDK functionality
Analyzing codebase·dashboard-ui
Model selector dropdown
Planning next moves·stripe-landing
Implement agent window
2 models·agent-ui
Fix send button functionality
2 Files+26−12·agent-ui
This Week
Fix send button functionality
2 Files+26−12·agent-ui
Implement user authentication
3 Files+45−8·auth-system
Design responsive layout
Analyzing codebase·frontend
Set up database schema
3 models·database
Create API endpoints
6 Files+50−5·backend
Ask Cursor to build, plan, fix...
Slack and Microsoft Teams
Mention @Cursor to delegate tasks with full context in the thread.
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Linear
Assign Cursor to turn issues into PRs. Coming soon to Jira.
Interactive demo showing Linear. The interface is displayed over a subtle, solid brand background.
Save time with always-on agents
Cursor Automations continuously monitor and improve your codebase.
Runs automatically
Agents run on schedules or are triggered by events from GitHub, Slack, Linear, webhooks, and more.
Every hour
New message in#bug-reports
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Add trigger
Works independently
Automated agents follow instructions you define and use your tools through MCP.
Instructions
Enter prompt text... (type @ for tools & MCPs, / for skills and commands)
Tools
Send to Slack
Learns from past runs
Cursor can access a memory tool to learn from past runs and improve with repetition.
Memories
Fix flaky CI
Last month
Update test fixtures
Last week
Stabilize Playwright
Yesterday
Repair build script
3h ago
Get merge-ready PRs
Cursor can test the software it builds to verify and demo its work.
Self-testing
Agents test changes in their own sandbox and iterate until they've validated their output.
Reproduce the clipboard exfiltration vulnerability described in this ticket
Runningterminal command
Creatingclipboard-permission-demo.html
Startingscreen recording
Clipboard exfiltration vulnerability demo
Worked for 4m 30s
Demos over diffs
Cursor produces artifacts like videos, screenshots, and logs, so you can quickly validate its work.
Processedscreen recording
$ pnpm dev
ready - notes app localhost:3000
ws sync connected
rich text editor loaded
version snapshot saved
Summary
Added real-time collaboration to the note-taking app with WebSocket syncing, rich text editing, and version history.
Remote desktop control
Interact with the software from the agent's remote desktop, without checking out the branch locally.
$ npm run dev
ready - started on 0.0.0.0:3000
✓ compiled in 1.2s
○ compiling /dashboard...
✓ compiled in 340ms
Agent
Take control
Recent highlights
Cursor agents can now control their own computers
Cloud agents use the software they create to verify changes and demo their work.
Product ·
Closing the code review loop with Bugbot Autofix
Bugbot Autofix can find and automatically fix issues in PRs by spawning cloud agents to test your changes.
Product ·