Cursor launched Projects, a way to run large bodies of coding work over months. Each Project is overseen by a coordinator agent that chats with the user. The coordinator does not write code itself. It plans and hands tasks to large numbers of smaller agents. Projects run in the cloud by default, so work continues when a laptop is closed. A local agent is started when something must be tested on the user's own machine. Each Project keeps shared files that sync across every machine its agents use. Agents add research and notes on the codebase and on working preferences. The coordinator can also watch a Slack channel, run on a schedule, or follow pull requests and fix failing builds. Cursor says it used Projects internally for several months on migrations and design-system upkeep.
What changed
Cursor's agents worked one chat at a time, with context lost between tasks.
What it unlocks
Running one long-lived body of work that keeps context and dispatches many agents in parallel.
- new users merge 30% more PRs
- 6x more PRs for heavy users
- 20 to 100 PRs a day in one project
What you need to act on it
- a Cursor account
- beta rollout reaching the account
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