Cursor launches Projects: one coordinator directing thousands of subagents, heavy users merge 6x more PRs
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-09-25
Cursor has launched Projects, a new abstraction for delivering entire bodies of work—a feature, a migration, or a full app—rather than individual tasks. A coordinator agent that never writes code itself delegates to thousands of subagents, maintains context across months, and performs recurring work unprompted.
Key design
- Cloud by default, local when needed: Projects run on their own machines so closing your laptop doesn't stop them; a local agent is spun up when real-machine testing is required.
- Shared context: Each Project keeps a set of files synced across all cloud and local machines, so agents don't need re-onboarding.
Results: Cursor has used it internally for migrations of a few hundred PRs and design-system consistency. New users merge 30% more PRs, while users who primarily use Projects merge six times as many. The poster says they now routinely run 10+ projects in parallel. This is the concrete implementation of Cursor's February vision for a third era of software development with fleets of agents.
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