Cursor June 18, 2026 Changelog
What changed in Cursor editor June 18, 2026, released 2026-06-18 — explained in plain English.
TLDR
- Automations can now react to things happening in Slack and GitHub, like emoji reactions or pull request comments.
- Cloud agents can now use a virtual computer to create demos or visual proof of their work.
- This release is all about "Cursor Automations"—background assistants that handle repetitive chores for you. It matters to developers who want to save time by letting AI handle tedious tasks like fixing code reviews or organizing GitHub issues.
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What's new
- The
/automateskill: You can now just type/automateand describe a boring, repetitive task in plain English. Cursor will automatically set up the background assistant (an "agent"), pick the right triggers, and give it the tools it needs to do the job. - Slack emoji triggers: You can now set up an automation to start just by reacting to a Slack message with a specific emoji.
- More GitHub triggers: Automations can now jump into action when specific things happen on GitHub. This includes when someone comments on an issue, leaves a review on a pull request (a proposed set of code changes), resolves a comment thread, or when a GitHub Actions test finishes running. There are also new templates to help you automatically fix code review comments or sort through failed tests.
- Computer use for agents: When an automation runs in the cloud, the AI agent can now use its own virtual computer to build demos or visual examples of the work it did. You just have to ask it to include a demo in your instructions.
Improvements
- Draft saving: You can now step away in the middle of setting up an automation without losing your progress. This is handy if you need to go set up an "MCP auth" (a secure login for connecting outside tools to Cursor).
- Automatic pull request tool: Automations can now open pull requests by default, so you don't have to manually give them permission to do that in the settings.
- Memory management: You can now delete an agent's "memory files" (the notes it remembers about your project) right in the settings, or just tell the agent to delete its own outdated memories while it works.
Fixes
No fixes were mentioned in this release.
Breaking changes
No breaking changes in this release.
This is our plain-language summary. Read the complete, official notes on the Cursor official changelog ↗.
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