From the source

Cloud Agents and Cursor Harness Improvements

Capability change

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Cursor released improvements to cloud agents, including subscriptions to events (PRs, Slack, scheduled tasks), custom modes, subagents on their own VMs, a /goal command for long-lived objectives, and steering improvements allowing follow-ups without interruption.

From the source
With this release, cloud agents can automatically pick up work in response to events, hold a goal until it's met, and stay on course through long-running sessions.
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Cursor· 13 OctCapability change

Origin App Marketplace

Origin marketplace opens to public app submissions.

Cursor· 6 OctCapability change

Remote control for local agents

View and reply to local agents from the iOS app.

Cursor· 10 Sep

Announced: 19 Aug 2026
Detected: 21 Aug 2026 08:15 UTC (+32h after)

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Cursor Projects

Cursor· 2 SepCapability change

Self-hosted machines

Cursor now supports self-hosted machines for keeping tool execution entirely on-premises.

Rollouts and Security Review
Cursor· 23 Sep
Start from scratch, without a repo
Cloud Agents now work without requiring GitHub or third-party SCM provider connection.
Cursor· 27 AugCapability change