# How to access to Background Agent in Pro plan?

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-access-to-background-agent-in-pro-plan/106464>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [June 20, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-access-to-background-agent-in-pro-plan/106464 "2025-06-20T03:52:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![khanhbkqt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@khanhbkqt](https://forum.cursor.com/u/khanhbkqt)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-access-to-background-agent-in-pro-plan/106464/1 "2025-06-20T03:52:50Z")

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In the Pro Plan, Cursor says “Access to Background Agents”  
But when trying to use the Background agent, it requires Usage-based enabled.

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**Author:** ![gustojs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/gustojs/32/46175_2.png) [@gustojs](https://forum.cursor.com/u/gustojs)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-access-to-background-agent-in-pro-plan/106464/2 "2025-06-20T03:57:05Z")

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Because that’s a requirement. It’s a resources-heavy feature and would probably get you rate limited before you make it produce any proper code for you.