Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?
Cloud Agent (GitHub, Slack, Web, Linear)
Describe the Bug
I have a cursor automation that triggers on every message in a channel. When the automation decides there is nothing to do, it should exit silently. For messages from me, that works. When the message is from a Slack user without a linked Cursor account, the automation triggered and completed correctly — the agent classified the message as no-action and intentionally posted nothing (run: https://cursor.com/agents/bc-59c8b9e4-5f87-500e-bc26-fe370b0b4535). But the Cursor Slack bot separately replied in her thread: “
Hey… You can launch Cursor agents directly from Slack. Click the Link Account button above to get started.”
Impact: this is a business intake channel monitored by an automation; every message from non-Cursor users (sales/CS staff who will never have Cursor accounts) gets onboarding spam. Our PM replied “stop” to the bot — it’s eroding trust in the automation. Looks related to [Slack Integration Spamming intro message] and [Automations Slack only working for some users].
Setup: Slack automation “#ask-s4b-epd triage V1” (cursor.com/automations/85bd4697-418c-4da5-92a9-626c62616869), trigger = Any Message / from Anyone / in 2 channels, owner account linked.
Steps to Reproduce
- set up automation that is triggered by any message from anyone in a slack channel, have the automation exit silently
- a slack user without a cursor account messages in the channel to trigger the automation
Expected Behavior
Expected: when a message merely triggers an automation, the author shouldn’t be prompted to link an account — they aren’t trying to use Cursor. The onboarding interstitial should only appear when someone explicitly @-mentions Cursor.
Operating System
Other
Version Information
Cursor automation triggered by slack message
Does this stop you from using Cursor
Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor