Cloud Agents
Cloud-hosted coding agents (formerly Background Agents) that run in isolated virtual machines with full development environments, work across multiple repositories in parallel, and produce merge-ready pull requests; reachable from Cursor Web, Desktop, iOS, Slack, GitHub/Bitbucket, Linear or the API.
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'Charged at API pricing for the selected model'; requires a paid Cursor plan, connected source control and a spend limit.
What it does
- Agentic coding
- Agent orchestration
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'Charged at API pricing for the selected model'; requires a paid Cursor plan, connected source control and a spend limit.
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Official documentation · 14 Sep 2026
Requires 'a paid Cursor plan' and is 'charged at API pricing for the selected model' (cursor.com/docs/background-agent) -- a stated entitlement plus usage-based metering, now quoted directly.
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Official documentation · 28 Sep 2026
Docs state start and manage agents from cursor.com/agents on any device (web), use the API to kick off an agent (api), the Cursor iOS app (mobile-app), the @cursor command in Slack (chat-platform), and Cloud mode in Cursor Desktop (ide-extension).
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