{"slug": "cursor-v3-8-automate-skill-slack-triggers-and-computer-use", "title": "Cursor v3.8: /automate Skill, Slack Triggers, and Computer Use", "summary": "Cursor released v3.8 on June 18, introducing a /automate skill that configures always-on agents from natural language, new GitHub event triggers including PR review comment handling, Slack emoji-based triggers, and default-enabled computer use for cloud agents to produce video or screenshot proof of work. The update shifts Cursor from an IDE-copilot to a DevOps platform.", "body_md": "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. […]\n\nThe post", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cursor-v3-8-automate-skill-slack-triggers-and-computer-use", "canonical_source": "https://byteiota.com/cursor-v3-8-automate-skill-slack-triggers-and-computer-use/", "published_at": "2026-06-21 17:19:35+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-21 17:38:52.471136+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Cursor"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cursor-v3-8-automate-skill-slack-triggers-and-computer-use", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cursor-v3-8-automate-skill-slack-triggers-and-computer-use.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cursor-v3-8-automate-skill-slack-triggers-and-computer-use.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cursor-v3-8-automate-skill-slack-triggers-and-computer-use.jsonld"}}