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Subagent overview
Reference · livesubagent:cursor.background-agent
Background Agent (Cursor) overview
Cursor's hosted "Background Agent" feature. Documented at https://docs.cursor.com/background-agents.
Attributes
displayName
Background Agent (Cursor)
provenance
built-in
subjectId
agentVersion:cursor:ge-0-0-0
roleId
systemPrompt
Long-running cloud-hosted agent. Picks up tasks delegated from the
IDE or via the Cursor dashboard, runs in a sandboxed VM with
repository access, and opens PRs.
tools
triggers
Auto-invoked when the user delegates a task to a Cursor background
agent from the IDE or web dashboard.
description
Cursor's hosted "Background Agent" feature. Documented at
https://docs.cursor.com/background-agents.
Outgoing edges
implements1
- extension-interface:orchestration·ExtensionInterfaceOrchestration
roles_played_by1
- role:implementer·RoleImplementer
Incoming edges
None.