# 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.

## Why it matters

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

## Sources

- [Cursor: Cursor adds event monitoring and persistent goals to cloud agents](https://x.com/cursor_ai/status/2090136956101414982)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-08-19. https://dstilled.ai/story/68981374-2c55-4782-a371-798049dd8228