Cursor updated its cloud agents with event-driven execution, persistent /goal tracking across PRs and Slack, and isolated VM subagents for clean parallel debugging without context drift.

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  • ✓Shifts agents from conversational assistants into event-driven autonomous workers monitoring PRs and Slack;
  • ✓Isolated VM subagents execute parallel bug fixes in clean environments without cross-task interference;
  • ✓Non-blocking steering mechanism waits for tool completion before gracefully applying human feedback.
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