Cloud agents are easier to parallelize than local agents, continue working when your laptop is closed, and can run autonomously in response to programmatic triggers.
But agents are only as capable as the environments they run in. An agent that can write code but can't run tests, query services, or reach APIs cannot close the loop on its work.
To take engineering tasks from start to finish, cloud agents need a development environment similar to the setup on your laptop: cloned repositories, installed dependencies, credentials for internal toolchains, and access to build systems. Effective development environments give agents full context on your codebase and organization, so they can test and verify their work.
Today we're shipping new tools for configuring cloud agent development environments. Cursor also can use these tools to set up and maintain your environments. Together, this release makes it easier for teams to run fleets of parallelized agents that handle tasks end-to-end, inside development environments you fully control.
Multi-repo environments
