Cursor released Projects in beta on September 10, 2026, a new way of working in the AI coding editor built around a single coordinator agent that delegates work to thousands of subagents rather than writing code itself, according to Cursor's announcement. The company says the feature works best on work that will outlive a single chat, such as a large feature, a full migration, or ongoing maintenance, rather than the single-chat, single-task model Cursor has used until now.

"The coordinator doesn't write code itself but directs other agents that do," Cursor said in the announcement, adding that the coordinator delegates rather than executes and is never blocked. A Project runs on its own computer, so closing a laptop does not stop it; when something needs testing on the developer's own machine, the coordinator spins up a local agent to run it there.

How it works

  • A Project starts from the left-hand nav in Cursor, where the developer describes what they want built and the coordinator takes it from there
  • The coordinator can watch a Slack channel, run on a schedule, or follow a developer's pull requests, fixing CI and acting when they open or merge
  • Each Project maintains a set of files that sync across every cloud and local machine its agents use, accumulating research and what the agents learn about the codebase
  • Oversight tapers off as the work holds up: Cursor describes reviewing each pull request closely early on, then reviewing less while the coordinator keeps working through a migration on its own

Cursor points to three kinds of work suited to Projects: building a feature end to end; large migrations, including its own use of Projects to adopt new frameworks and replace styling systems across hundreds of pull requests; and ongoing maintenance the company calls "gardening," such as enforcing code quality and watching for regressions.

Cursor said new users merge 30% more pull requests, while users who primarily use Projects merge six times as many — figures the company reported itself rather than an independently verified benchmark, also cited by AlphaSignal.

AlphaSignal's assessment of the release was more cautious, warning that small mistakes compound quickly if the shared context drifts, and that teams without strong continuous integration, code review discipline or observability will feel the sharp edges first. It also said that for a five-minute refactor, the overhead of setting a Project up is likely more than the task itself.

Projects is in beta and rolling out to all Cursor users starting September 10, the company said. The announcement did not include pricing details for the feature or a date for when the beta ends.