Cursor adds event monitoring and persistent goals to cloud agents

Agents can monitor PRs and Slack threads, run scheduled tasks, and automatically subscribe to PRs they create.

Any skill can be pinned in chat as a Custom Mode using ⌥⏎ on Mac, Alt+Enter on Windows, or Use as Mode.
Subagents can run on separate virtual machines, each with an isolated copy of the project.
Subagents can test parent-agent changes in fresh environments or work simultaneously on independent fixes.
Steering now waits for the next tool call rather than interrupting an agent mid-action.
The /goal command gives an agent a long-lived objective to pursue until completion.

Cursor users can delegate event-triggered and long-running development work to agents with less manual supervision and better task isolation.

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