1 min lesson
When to use long-running Cloud Agent work
Decide when long-running Cloud Agent work fits. Name the lesson detail that supports your choice before you act.
Step 1 of 2
By the end, you can decide when long-running capability fits and scope a governed cloud task.
Use long-running Cloud Agent work when a migration or from-scratch build is too long for a single short run. Check whether the task has a definition of done the agent can verify without you. Confirm the team Long-Running Agents capability and cost warning were reviewed before launch. Make sure a human still owns review of the branch, PR and artifacts. Avoid using long-running capacity on short tasks where a normal run is faster.
Where this fits
- Entry point
- The team Long-Running Agents capability plus a bounded cloud task
- Source
- Cursor Cloud AgentsAgents that run in a Cursor-managed virtual machine, check out the repo, do the work and open a pull request, then shut down, with no load on your laptop. Press Enter for the full definition. settings and field-engineering sessions on long-running agents
Use these sources to check the current product behavior.