Unable to use @cursor if bugbot is not enabled

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Background Agent (GitHub, Slack, Web, Linear)

Describe the Bug

I don’t use bugbot, but I should still be able to trigger Cursor background agents from PR comments to do whatever I want.

When I try to ask cursor a question related to reviewing I get a Bugbot response that says bugbot is not enabled for this repo. Bugbot is enabled for this repo, technically, I just don’t pay for Bugbot. Are we not “allowed” to use Cursor for PR review from Github without paying for Bugbot? Seems strange.

Steps to Reproduce

Don’t have Bugbot, create a PR, ask @cursor to review the PR

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Expected Behavior

A background agent runs and the agent returns an answer.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.5.11
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 2f2737de9aa376933d975ae30290447c910fdf40
Date: 2025-09-05T03:48:32.332Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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“review” is just a reserved word first word for triggering Bugbot. If you throw in anything else in there it’ll work, like “@Cursor can you review…” will be fine :slight_smile:

I do recommend looking into Bugbot – we do a lot more than a one-shot prompt to make sure it finds great bugs!

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Thanks for that. I have tried Bugbot, I like it, and I have some of my team members using it. I don’t make enough PRs of my own to justify the monthly cost. If it was just usage-based pricing I’d be all over it.

I do a lot of work on projects where I am the sole developer, and I’d really like to use Bugbot but it doesn’t make sense in my workflow since a PR with no reviewer is just wasted admin overhead. Can we trigger Bugbot as a background agent on a branch? I’d find that valuable.