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Agentic AI Atlas · Cursor background agent channel
channel:cursor-bg-agenta5c.ai
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channel:cursor-bg-agent

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Cursor background agent channel json

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File · channels-hooks/channels/cursor-bg-agent.yamlCluster · channels-hooks
Record JSON
{
  "id": "channel:cursor-bg-agent",
  "_kind": "Channel",
  "_file": "channels-hooks/channels/cursor-bg-agent.yaml",
  "_cluster": "channels-hooks",
  "attributes": {
    "displayName": "Cursor background agent channel",
    "kind": "a2a-channel",
    "endpoint": "cursor://background-agents/local",
    "brokeringPrimitive": "Cursor brokers messages between the IDE foreground and one or more\nlong-running background agents over a local IPC channel. Each\nbackground agent runs in its own sandboxed worktree and reports\nprogress events back to the IDE; the IDE relays user messages to\nthe agent. Brokering is point-to-point (one IDE ↔ one agent) and\npersists for the agent's lifetime.\n",
    "persistent": true,
    "description": "Channel between the Cursor IDE and one of its background agents.\nUsed for the long-horizon background-agent workflow where Cursor\nspawns an agent into a worktree and supervises it asynchronously.\n"
  },
  "outgoingEdges": [],
  "incomingEdges": [
    {
      "from": "human-checkpoint:dangerous-tool-approval",
      "to": "channel:cursor-bg-agent",
      "kind": "notifies_via",
      "attributes": {}
    }
  ]
}