Cursor Automations Release - Building Always-On Agents with Triggers and Schedules

Cursor has released Automations, a new feature for building always-on agents that run based on triggers and schedules you define.

What are Automations

Automations is a feature for creating agents that run continuously and are triggered by specific events or schedules. Unlike traditional agents that require manual activation, Automations enable automatic execution in response to external events.

Automations can run on a schedule or be triggered by events from:

• Slack
• Linear
• GitHub
• PagerDuty
• Webhooks

When a trigger fires, the agent spins up a cloud sandbox environment and executes instructions using the MCPs and models you have configured.

Key Features

External Service Integrations

Automations supports integration with popular development tools:

• Slack: Automated notifications and message responses
• Linear: Task management and project updates
• GitHub: Pull request and repository event monitoring
• PagerDuty: Incident handling and alert responses
• Webhooks: Integration with any REST API

Cloud Execution Environment

Each Automation agent runs in an isolated cloud sandbox with a complete development environment. This ensures safe and predictable execution, allowing the agent to operate independently of local resources.

Memory Tool

Automations have access to a memory tool that allows agents to learn from past runs. This enables the agent to improve quality over time, remembering successful patterns and avoiding past mistakes.

Creating Automations

You can create Automations at cursor.com/automations or start from a template in the marketplace. Templates are available for common use cases and can be customized to fit specific needs.

When configuring an Automation, you specify:

• Activation triggers (schedule or events)
• Instructions for the agent
• MCP integrations to use
• Model for task processing

Technical Context

The release of Automations aligns with the broader trend of shifting from reactive AI assistants to proactive systems. The ability to automatically execute tasks when specific events occur enables AI capabilities to be directly integrated into team development workflows.

Cloud agents with Automations represent the next step in AI development partners. While previously assistants required explicit user activation, they can now operate autonomously in response to changes in the project environment.

Availability

Automations are available at cursor.com/automations. More details are available in the official announcement.