Cursor upgraded cloud agents: `/goal` holds a long-lived objective until it is done; subagents can run on their own VMs with isolated project copies to test parent changes or swarm independent fixes; cloud agents subscribe to PRs they open and drive them to completion, and can watch Slack threads or run scheduled jobs. Steering now waits for the next tool call instead of cutting the agent mid-action. Any skill can be pinned as a Custom Mode (always-on).
Key Takeaways
- ✓Coding agents are shifting from one-shot chats to workers that own PRs, Slack threads, and schedules.
- ✓VM-isolated subagents let test and swarm-fix run without contaminating the parent workspace.
- ✓/goal plus deferred steering is the interaction model for long sessions that stay on course.