Automations not able to use all cloud agent features (like running in browser)?

When running an agent in the cloud, I have it setup so it can run my repo in the VM, then use the browser to test changes. That’s all working well when running an agent manually. However, when setting up an automation, the agent it spawns doesn’t seem to have access to the same environment or tools to also use the browser to demo and test changes. When creating the automation, I have the “Use Configured Environment” enabled as well. When asking a follow up question after an automation triggered (in the cursor.com UI), saying something like “Test that change in the browser”, it says it doesn’t have access to any MCPs to do that.

Should these automations be able to test the changes as they normally would when running the agents manually?

Ah duplicate of this: Automations don't support Computer/Browser Use

Looks unsupported based on their response

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hi @rhys and welcome to Cursor Forum.

Automations currently do not support Browser usage.

They are designed for programmatic, event-driven workflows rather than GUI-based testing

What automations can do:

  • Use all standard agent tools (file operations, terminal, search, web search, etc.)
  • Use workflow-specific action tools (Slack messaging, PR comments, GitHub actions)
  • Connect to MCP servers that are explicitly configured in the workflow