Agent planning and task queueing
The agent now creates a structured to-do list when tackling complex tasks. These plans are visible in chat and streamed to Slack when relevant. You can queue follow-up tasks, reorder them, and the agent will work through them without needing manual restarts.
Memories are GA
Memories are now generally available. Improvements include better generation quality, approval workflows to preserve trust, and a more polished UI. You can edit and approve memories before they’re used in context.
PR search and improved embeddings
You can now fetch and summarize PRs, issues, commits, and branches into context. Cursor indexes associated GitHub comments, BugBot reviews, and Slack agent threads.
We also upgraded our embedding model. Semantic search is more accurate, and prompts are tuned for tighter, more relevant answers.
Tab is faster
Tab completions are about 100ms faster, with a 30 percent improvement in time to first token. This comes from memory system refactors and faster data transfer.
Merge conflict resolution
The agent can now resolve merge conflicts. Click “Resolve in Chat” and relevant diffs are pulled in automatically.
Background Agent improvements
Background Agents has gotten a lot of improvements
- Pulling in updates to the agent’s branch automatically
- Respecting PR templates
- Exposing rebases and other issues as follow-ups
- Commit from the sidebar
- Web and Slack deep links open the correct repo, even if not open
VS Code 1.99
VS Code has been upgraded to version 1.99.1 which includes a lot of fixes and performance improvements