Cursor launches Projects (beta) for managing larger bodies of work

What changed

Cursor launched Projects in beta, a workspace layer for larger bodies of work such as a feature, a migration, or a full app. Projects maintains context over months, delegates tasks to thousands of subagents, and performs recurring work without being prompted. The beta is rolling out to all users.

Why it matters

This shifts Cursor from a single-session editor toward a persistent project manager, which matters for Vibe Builders shipping multi-week features and Developers running long migrations. Compare it to [Claude Code](/tools/claude-code), which already supports long-running agent workflows through its own project and memory features, so the practical question is whether Cursor's subagent delegation and unprompted recurring work hold up on real repos. For Basic Users, the value is simpler: less re-explaining what the project is every time you open the tool.

What to watch for

Compare Projects against Claude Code and GitHub Copilot Workspace before committing a large migration to it, since all three now claim long-horizon context. To verify, pick one real task you have already finished, run it again inside a Project, and check whether the context survives across sessions and whether the subagent output matches what you would have written yourself. Also confirm how recurring work is triggered and whether you can pause it, since unprompted actions on a live repo need a clear off switch.