Cursor Automations only creates pull requests as drafts

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I’m looking for a setting that allows me to have PRs created as “Ready for Review,” but I haven’t been able to find anything. I’ve already tried modifying the automation prompt, but that wasn’t enough.

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Hi Victor,

Yes, there is a way, though the setting is a bit hidden.

By default in the new Agents view, Cursor creates PRs as drafts. To switch the remembered preference to ready for review, you need to get into the state where Create PR is the only available action:

  1. Commit and push your changes first, but do not create the PR yet.
  2. Go to the diff tab header and look for the Create Draft PR button.
  3. Click the small dropdown arrow on the right side of that button.
  4. Select Create PR instead of Create Draft PR.

Once you choose Create PR there, Cursor should remember that preference. Future PRs, including ones created through the agent or combined flows like Commit & Create PR, should be created as ready for review instead of draft.

Let me know if you have any follow-up questions!

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Hi Kevin,

The default option was already set to “Create PR.” I’ve noticed that when I run the simple prompt in Cloud agents, I can create a “PR ready to review” normally. However, when it comes from an automation, it behaves differently. The tools seem to be different.

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Hi Victor, thanks for clarifying the automations use-case.

I checked this more closely, and for automation-created PRs this does not appear to be user-configurable today.

The automation Open PR action uses a separate PR creation path from the normal Glass / Cloud Agent flow, and that automation path currently creates PRs as drafts by default. The automation prompt also can’t reliably override this, because the automation PR tool does not expose a “draft vs ready for review” option to the agent.

The current workaround is to let the automation create the draft PR, then mark it ready manually, or avoid the automation Open PR action and create the PR through the regular Cloud Agent / Glass flow when you need it ready immediately.