# Cursor Cloud Agents

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Cursor Cloud Agents and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Praised for easy repository automation and a pleasant experience; the main caveat is cost, and it uses Cursor's own harness.

## Why people recommend it

- Easy to automate workflows (2 comments): "i've used them to automate some workflows on certain repositories and they work pretty well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47873456)) "Cursor Remote Agents made this laughably easy." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48555043))
- Nicer, pleasant experience overall (3 comments): "I've been loving Cursor's cloud agents the last couple weeks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48559492)) "found Cursor's cloud agents a nicer experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49463910)) "Cursor Cloud Agents are pretty great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494618))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [GitHub Copilot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-copilot.md): 571 recommend
- [oh-my-pi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oh-my-pi.md): 104 recommend
- [Grok Build CLI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grok-build.md): 66 recommend
- [DeepSeek Harness](https://hackerapproved.com/p/deepseek-harness.md): 63 recommend
- [Claude Code VS Code extension](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-code-vs-code-extension.md): 31 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://cursor.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cursor Cloud Agents", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cursor-cloud-agents/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).