Cursor v3.8 shipped June 18 with changes that push it out of the IDE-copilot category and into DevOps platform territory. Three headline additions: a /automate skill that configures always-on agents from plain English, five new GitHub event triggers including native PR review comment handling, a Slack emoji-based trigger, and computer use enabled by default so cloud agents produce video or screenshot proof of their work. If you have been treating Cursor as a smarter autocomplete, this update should recalibrate your thinking. What /automate Actually Does Previous versions of Cursor Automations required dashboard configuration — selecting triggers, writing instructions, mapping tools. […]
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