Talk directly to the agent I have created?

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In Cursor, I have created a custom agent called “engineering-lead.” Currently, I can only interact with this agent by referencing it (e.g., via /engineering-lead) within a standard chat session. This creates a “middleman” effect where the primary model acts as a coordinator, delegating tasks to the lead-agent instead of becoming the lead-agent.

Goal: I want the ability to select “engineering-lead” directly from the model/agent dropdown menu (similar to how I select Claude or GPT-4, or how GitHub Copilot handles Extensions/Agents). I want to communicate with this persona directly to eliminate the coordination overhead and ensure the specific instructions of the “engineering-lead” govern the entire conversation context.

Questions:

  1. Is there a way to “pin” or select a custom agent as the primary conversation partner today?

  2. If not, is this on the roadmap for a future release (similar to Copilot’s native agent selection)?

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Hi Nikolay,
Right now, custom agents can only be invoked via the / slash command (like your /engineering-lead), and there’s no way to select one as the primary conversation partner from the model dropdown. The dropdown is for model selection only, not custom agent personas.

So to answer your questions directly: (1) no, there’s no way to pin a custom agent today, and (2) we don’t have a public roadmap item to share on this.

You’re not alone in wanting this. There’s an existing feature request thread with a similar ask:

We’ll be tracking the above post to gauge community interest, which will help our product team prioritize accordingly.