Overview
Cursor feature that runs autonomous coding agents in the background, executing tasks asynchronously while you keep coding.
Details
Background Agents is a Cursor feature that runs autonomous coding agents asynchronously, you assign a task and the agent works in the background while you continue coding, returning with results when done. Background Agents handle longer-running, multi-file work that would otherwise block your active coding flow. The feature is part of Cursor’s evolution toward orchestrating multiple parallel AI work streams.