Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?
Background Agent (GitHub, Slack, Web, Linear)
Describe the Bug
The docs say that AGENTS.md is automatically loaded, however with background agents, it is not.
I even tried to load it via a cursor rule with:
---
alwaysApply: true
---
# AI Implementation
Refer to [AGENTS.md](mdc:AGENTS.md) for full rules.
Do you already have our “Project Instructions” in your context? Specifically the one that talks about our mandatory quality workflow
Thought for 3s
I can see a reference to AGENTS.md in my workspace rules, but I don’t have the full content loaded. Let me read that file to check if it contains your project instructions about the mandatory quality workflow.
Steps to Reproduce
- Create an AGENTS.md
- Start a background worker, ask it if it has the contents from AGENTS.md in its context.
- It will say it does not.
- It also doesn’t use any of the rules in practice.
Expected Behavior
AGENTS.md should be loaded into context in every form of using Cursor.
Operating System
Windows 10/11
MacOS
Linux
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Not applicable, background agent.
Request ID: bc-a251da8e-a40a-4866-96dc-6a93353c910c
Does this stop you from using Cursor
No - Cursor works, but with this issue