Getting Cursor to Detect and Fix GitHub Actions Build Errors

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I’m running builds with GitHub Actions.

When a build fails, I tried mentioning @cursor to have it fix the issue, but it doesn’t work.

What I want is for Cursor to detect the build failure, make the necessary fixes, and push the changes.

How can I achieve this?

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Hey, thanks for the request. To automatically detect and fix build errors in GitHub Actions, use Cursor CLI in headless mode.

We have a ready cookbook example for automatically fixing CI errors: Fix CI Failures with Cursor CLI | Cursor Docs

This workflow:

  • Automatically runs when a build fails
  • Analyzes the error
  • Applies fixes to the code
  • Creates a separate branch with the fixes
  • Leaves a comment on the PR with a link to create a PR with the fixes

To set it up, you’ll need to:

  1. Install Cursor CLI in GitHub Actions
  2. Add CURSOR_API_KEY to your repo secrets
  3. Create a workflow file based on the docs example

More details on the GitHub Actions integration: GitHub Actions | Cursor Docs

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Thank you for your quick response!

I’ll try the steps you suggested.