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The job: you can select a trigger and make the do-nothing case explicit

Use "You can select a trigger and make the do-nothing case explicit" to say what you would do next.

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The job: you can select a trigger and make the do-nothing case explicit. Start with this check: The trigger carries enough context from Slack, issue, PR, review thread or workflow run. Keep it small enough to check the result yourself instead of taking the summary on trust.

Read Active vs Inactive on cursor.com/automations

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  1. Automations live on cursor.com slash automations — not in desktop Settings. Mine shows Active and Inactive. Know which triggers can fire before you widen the allow-list.
Automations live on cursor.com/automations — read Active vs Inactive before you widen a trigger.

Practice next: Open your Automations Mine list and name which rows can fire today.

Simulated Cursor 3.12 (macOS, light) — beta educational reconstruction, not the real product.