Background Agent (Preview) "a remote, asynchronous agent that runs outside the main Cursor editor in a remote containerized environment. It allows you to offload long-running or complex task" works best for tasks that require less human interaction like fixing simple bugs, small features, or long changes more information about... it here Cursorshow more

cursor v0.50 is here lots of juicy features here's all the features you need to know 🧵 👇

Simpler, unified pricing for @cursor_ai – All model usage now on request-based pricing – Max Mode adopts token-based pricing (like model APIs) – Premium tool calls & long context mode removed

Max Mode for all top models (token-based) max mode is ideal for harder problems which require more context, intelligence and tool use @cursor_ai

Include your entire codebase in context use @ folders to add your entire codebase into context @cursor_ai

Inline Edit(Cmd/Ctrl+K) Refresh Supports full file edits. Full file edits makes it easy to do scope changes to a file without using agent You can also send the code block to the agent for multi-file edits @cursor_ai

Fast edits for long files with Agent Agent can now find the exact place where edits should occur and change only that part @cursor_ai

Workspaces Work across multiple codebases in one session

Exporting Chat You can now export chats to a markdown file. This is useful when you want to get advise from other AI about your code using the conversation you already have with @cursor_ai

Duplicate Chat Useful when you want to fork a chat and explore different options @cursor_ai

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FYI, this is dropping in cursor 0.50 as well — added after I posted this thread Tab to edit other files — perfect for refactoring Tab suggestions also now have syntax highlighting!

Here's how you enable Background Agents

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