From the source

Start from scratch, without a repo

Cloud Agents now work without requiring GitHub or third-party SCM provider connection.

Capability change

Cursor Cloud Agents now support starting without a connected repository, allowing users to prompt from scratch and save work to a Cursor Origin repo.

From the source
Cloud Agents no longer require a connected GitHub or other third-party SCM provider to get started.
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