"It's not that humans are completely out of the picture. It's that they aren't always initiating. They're called in at the right points in this conveyor belt. This idea of thinking harder, spending more tokens to find harder issues, has been really valuable for expanding systems to more involved security audits and reviews."
"Cursor's Automation framework lets you launch agents automatically - and loop humans in whenever they're needed. At the most basic level, Automations are a way for engineers to break out of the prompt-and-monitor dynamic that defines most agent-based engineering, triggered by a new addition to the codebase, a Slack message, or a simple timer."
As agentic coding becomes prevalent, software engineers face overwhelming complexity managing multiple coding agents simultaneously. Cursor's new Automations tool addresses this by automatically launching agents triggered by codebase additions, Slack messages, or timers, eliminating the need for constant manual prompting and monitoring. This framework shifts from human-initiated agent launches to human involvement at strategic points in automated workflows. The system builds on Cursor's existing Bugbot feature, which automatically reviews new code for bugs and security issues. By automating agent triggering and allowing deeper analysis through increased token spending, Cursor enables more thorough code reviews and security audits while freeing engineers from managing dozens of concurrent agents.
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