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Hi Team,

I’m currently working two jobs as a Software Engineer, and I genuinely love Cursor and the team behind it. My team and I use Cursor heavily every day.

I’m looking for a workflow that would help me automate part of my job inside Cursor. I could build something similar myself using Sandbox, Hermes Agent, and other tools, but I’d prefer to keep everything within the Cursor ecosystem.

Here’s the workflow I want:

  • Monitor specific Slack channels for new messages, bugs, or issues using webhooks.

  • When an issue is posted, trigger an agentic workflow.

  • Use Composer (or a similar agent) to gather all relevant Slack context and project information.

  • Use models like Claude, GPT, Grok, or other available models to investigate and fix the issue automatically.

  • Use browser/computer-use capabilities to verify the fix by checking the application in the browser.

  • Create a branch, push the changes, and deploy it to Vercel.

  • Send me a WhatsApp notification saying:

    • The issue has been fixed.

    • The branch is ready for review.

    • The deployment link is available for testing.

Ideally, this workflow would continuously listen to Slack, automatically pick up issues, attempt fixes, verify them, and notify me when everything is ready for review.

I’m also a student while working these two jobs, so automating these repetitive tasks would save me a huge amount of time.

Could you guide me on the best way to build this using Cursor?

Thanks,
Umair

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Hey Umair, good news. Almost your whole pipeline can already be built with Cursor Automations today, including browser verification.

What works today:

  • Monitoring Slack channels using the Slack trigger for new messages to start an automation.
  • Spinning up a cloud agent that pulls context from Slack via MCP tools, investigates, and edits code.
  • Choosing models Claude, GPT, etc.
  • Browser and Computer Use inside Automations. This was added recently and works out of the box. The agent can open your app in a browser, verify the fix, and take screenshots.
  • Creating a branch and opening a PR using the built-in PR actions.
  • Sending a notification back to Slack when it’s done.
  • External integrations via MCP servers.

What’s not built in yet:

  • WhatsApp notifications. Only Slack is built in. WhatsApp is still doable via an MCP server or a webhook if you have the right endpoint.
  • No built-in Vercel deploy, but you can do it with shell commands using the Vercel CLI, or via MCP or a webhook directly from an agent step.

So almost your full flow Slack to fix to browser verification to branch plus PR to Slack notification works natively. WhatsApp and Vercel deploy can be done via MCP, webhook, or shell.

Docs for Automations: Automations | Cursor Docs