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Someone asks it to answer more briefly, to stop reaching for a tool, or to learn a procedure. The agent writes a brief, a one-off Cursor cloud agent makes the change on a branch and opens a pull request, and the agent reports that pull request. Nothing changes until a person reviews it and deploys.</p><p>The tree the agent runs from is never edited; nothing changed there survives a deploy. The pull request is the only path.</p><h2 id="mount-it" tabindex="-1">Mount it <a class="header-anchor" href="#mount-it" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Mount it&quot;">​</a></h2><p>The extension ships with <code>@cursor/july</code>. It relies on a <a href="./cloud-agents.html"><code>cursor-cloud-agents</code></a> mount beside it, with the agent&#39;s own repository among its <code>cloud.repos</code>.</p><div class="language-ts vp-adaptive-theme"><button title="Copy Code" class="copy"></button><span class="lang">ts</span><pre class="shiki shiki-themes github-light github-dark vp-code" tabindex="0"><code><span class="line"><span style="--shiki-light:#6A737D;--shiki-dark:#6A737D;">// agent/extensions/cloud.ts</span></span>
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style="--vp-vh:0px;" data-v-6f794310 data-v-bab84d9c><button data-v-bab84d9c>Return to top</button><!----></div></div></div><aside class="VPSidebar" data-v-76086e96 data-v-4daa293d><div class="curtain" data-v-4daa293d></div><nav class="nav" id="VPSidebarNav" aria-labelledby="sidebar-aria-label" tabindex="-1" data-v-4daa293d><span class="visually-hidden" id="sidebar-aria-label" data-v-4daa293d> Sidebar Navigation </span><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><div class="no-transition group" data-v-095feacd><section class="VPSidebarItem level-0" data-v-095feacd data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" role="button" tabindex="0" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><h2 class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Getting started</h2><!----></div><div class="items" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Overview</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/quickstart.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Building your first agent</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><!--]--></div></section></div><div class="no-transition group" data-v-095feacd><section class="VPSidebarItem level-0 collapsible" data-v-095feacd data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" role="button" tabindex="0" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><h2 class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Integrations</h2><div class="caret" role="button" aria-label="toggle section" tabindex="0" data-v-d79cbf7e><span class="vpi-chevron-right caret-icon" data-v-d79cbf7e></span></div></div><div class="items" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/guides/github.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>GitHub</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/guides/slack.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Slack</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/guides/webhooks.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Webhooks</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/guides/convert-automation.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Cursor Automations</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/guides/opentelemetry.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>OpenTelemetry</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/guides/gitlab.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>GitLab</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/guides/bitbucket.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Bitbucket</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><!--]--></div></section></div><div class="no-transition group" data-v-095feacd><section class="VPSidebarItem level-0 collapsible has-active" data-v-095feacd data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" role="button" tabindex="0" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><h2 class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Extensions</h2><div class="caret" role="button" aria-label="toggle section" tabindex="0" data-v-d79cbf7e><span class="vpi-chevron-right caret-icon" data-v-d79cbf7e></span></div></div><div class="items" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/extensions.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Overview</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/guides/cloud-agents.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Cloud agents</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/guides/grokbot-agents.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Grok Bot agents</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/guides/improve.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Self-improvement</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/guides/jev.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Jev</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><!--]--></div></section></div><div class="no-transition group" data-v-095feacd><section class="VPSidebarItem level-0 collapsible" data-v-095feacd data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" role="button" tabindex="0" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><h2 class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Guides</h2><div class="caret" role="button" aria-label="toggle section" tabindex="0" data-v-d79cbf7e><span class="vpi-chevron-right caret-icon" data-v-d79cbf7e></span></div></div><div class="items" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/guides/mcp-oauth.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>MCP</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/guides/agent-to-agent.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Peer agents</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/deployment.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Deployment</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/evals.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Evals</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/hillclimbing.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Hillclimbing</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/building-with-agents.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Build with a coding agent</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/troubleshooting.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Troubleshooting</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><!--]--></div></section></div><div class="no-transition group" data-v-095feacd><section class="VPSidebarItem level-0 collapsible" data-v-095feacd data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" role="button" tabindex="0" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><h2 class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Templates</h2><div class="caret" role="button" aria-label="toggle section" tabindex="0" data-v-d79cbf7e><span class="vpi-chevron-right caret-icon" data-v-d79cbf7e></span></div></div><div class="items" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/templates/security-reviewer.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Security reviewer</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/templates/thermo-review.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Thermo review</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/templates/thermo-quality-review.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Thermo quality review</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/templates/agentic-owners.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Agentic Approver</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/templates/pr-autofixer.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>PR autofixer</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/templates/triage.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Triage agent</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><!--]--></div></section></div><div class="no-transition group" data-v-095feacd><section class="VPSidebarItem level-0 collapsible" data-v-095feacd data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" role="button" tabindex="0" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><h2 class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Reference</h2><div class="caret" role="button" aria-label="toggle section" tabindex="0" data-v-d79cbf7e><span class="vpi-chevron-right caret-icon" data-v-d79cbf7e></span></div></div><div class="items" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/project-layout.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Project layout</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/agent-config.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Agent config</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/instructions.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Instructions</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/tools.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Tools</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/prompt.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>prompt</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/skills.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Skills</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/connections.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>MCP Connections</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/subagents.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Subagents</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/channels.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Channels</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/schedules.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Schedules & reminders</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/hooks.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Hooks</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/evals.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Evals</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/artifacts.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Artifacts</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/sessions.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Sessions & streaming</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/playground.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" data-v-d79cbf7e>Playground</p><!--]--></a><!----></div><!----></div><div class="VPSidebarItem level-1 is-link" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="item" data-v-d79cbf7e><div class="indicator" data-v-d79cbf7e></div><a class="VPLink link link" href="/docs/reference/cli.html" data-v-d79cbf7e><!--[--><p class="text" 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The agent prepares a brief, a Cursor cloud agent edits a checkout and opens a pull request, and the running agent reports the verified PR for human review.</p><p>Durable behavior does not change until that source is merged and deployed. A cloud-runtime turn may edit its ephemeral checkout, but it does not rewrite the source of a running deployment.</p><h2 id="mount-it" tabindex="-1">Mount it <a class="header-anchor" href="#mount-it" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Mount it&quot;">​</a></h2><p>On the local runtime, mount Cloud agents with the agent&#39;s own repository allowlisted, keep launch approval explicit, then mount <code>improve</code> with the source directory.</p><div class="language-ts vp-adaptive-theme"><button title="Copy Code" class="copy"></button><span class="lang">ts</span><pre class="shiki shiki-themes github-light github-dark vp-code" tabindex="0"><code><span class="line"><span style="--shiki-light:#6A737D;--shiki-dark:#6A737D;">// agent/extensions/cloud.ts</span></span>
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-<span class="line"><span style="--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8;">});</span></span></code></pre></div><p><code>repo</code> is the repository that holds the agent&#39;s source and <code>path</code> is the agent&#39;s directory in it, the same values <code>agent-sdk deploy --repo</code> and <code>--path</code> take. Mount it as <code>improve</code>: the skill then reads <code>improve__yourself</code>, which is what a person asks for.</p><p>An agent on the <a href="./../reference/agent-config.html#choose-a-runtime">cloud runtime</a> already runs each turn on a VM with the repository checked out. It mounts <code>improve</code> alone, and the skill has it branch in that checkout instead of launching a second agent.</p><h2 id="what-the-agent-does" tabindex="-1">What the agent does <a class="header-anchor" href="#what-the-agent-does" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;What the agent does&quot;">​</a></h2><p>With the extension mounted, &quot;change how you work&quot; becomes a procedure:</p><ul><li><strong>Locate the change.</strong> The skill maps the ask onto the Agent SDK tree: instructions for the always-on prompt, a skill for a procedure, a tool for behavior that must be right every time, <code>agent.ts</code> for the model.</li><li><strong>Brief a cloud agent.</strong> The agent writes a self-contained brief: who is asking and why, the repository, ref, and path, the files it expects to change, your notes about the tree, and the rules. Follow the repository&#39;s conventions, keep the diff to the change, run the repository&#39;s checks, open a pull request against the deployed ref, never merge.</li><li><strong>Follow up and report.</strong> It gives the person the cloud agent&#39;s URL, checks on the run, reads the pull request before repeating its claims, and reports the pull request, not the delegation. It says the change takes effect at the next deploy, never that it has changed already.</li></ul><p>Ask it directly. &quot;Improve yourself: stop opening with a summary&quot; is enough.</p><h2 id="configure-it" tabindex="-1">Configure it <a class="header-anchor" href="#configure-it" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Configure it&quot;">​</a></h2><table tabindex="0"><thead><tr><th>Option</th><th>What it controls</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>repo</code></td><td>The repository holding the agent&#39;s source. One of the cloud mount&#39;s <code>cloud.repos</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><code>path</code></td><td>The agent&#39;s directory in the repository, as <code>agent-sdk deploy --path</code> names it.</td></tr><tr><td><code>ref</code></td><td>The ref the deployment tracks. Branches start there and pull requests target it. Defaults to <code>main</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><code>notes</code></td><td>What a coding agent must know about this tree beyond the standard layout: a house skill format, a manifest that forces a reinstall, a pull request convention. Copied into every brief.</td></tr><tr><td><code>deploy</code></td><td>Who deploys a merged change and when it is live. Defaults to &quot;It takes effect at the next deploy.&quot;</td></tr></tbody></table><h2 id="what-s-next" tabindex="-1">What&#39;s next <a class="header-anchor" href="#what-s-next" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;What&#39;s next&quot;">​</a></h2><p>Continue with these pages:</p><ul><li><a href="./cloud-agents.html">Cursor cloud agents</a>: the mount that does the coding, and how to gate its launches</li><li><a href="./../reference/extensions.html">Extensions</a>: how mounts, namespaces, and overrides work</li><li><a href="./../deployment.html">Deployment</a>: how a merged change reaches the running agent</li></ul></div></div></main><footer class="VPDocFooter" data-v-afe580da data-v-feab96e0><!--[--><!--]--><!----><nav class="prev-next" aria-labelledby="doc-footer-aria-label" data-v-feab96e0><span class="visually-hidden" id="doc-footer-aria-label" data-v-feab96e0>Pager</span><div class="pager" data-v-feab96e0><a class="VPLink link pager-link prev" href="/docs/guides/grokbot-agents.html" data-v-feab96e0><!--[--><span class="desc" data-v-feab96e0>Previous page</span><span class="title" data-v-feab96e0>Grok Bot Agents</span><!--]--></a></div><div class="pager" data-v-feab96e0><a class="VPLink link pager-link next" href="/docs/guides/mcp-oauth.html" data-v-feab96e0><!--[--><span class="desc" data-v-feab96e0>Next page</span><span class="title" data-v-feab96e0>MCP</span><!--]--></a></div></nav></footer><!--[--><!--]--></div></div></div><!--[--><!--]--></div></div><!----><!--[--><!--]--></div></div>
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Start with the decision, keep the existing evidence bullets, and preserve every current eval.</p></blockquote><p>The success criterion and freeze line keep the cloud agent from turning a narrow behavior request into an unrelated refactor.</p><h2 id="follow-the-source-change" tabindex="-1">Follow the source change <a class="header-anchor" href="#follow-the-source-change" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Follow the source change&quot;">​</a></h2><p>On local runtime, the agent requests approval and launches one cloud agent on the configured repository and ref. It reports the complete cloud-agent ID and URL immediately, then checks the same run instead of launching another agent for follow-up work.</p><p>When the cloud agent opens a pull request, the running agent reads the result and the PR before reporting what changed and which checks passed. The pull request, not the delegation transcript, is the durable deliverable.</p><p>Use the <a href="./cloud-agents.html">Cloud agents guide</a> for launch, status, transcript, steering, and cancellation behavior.</p><h2 id="review-merge-then-deploy" tabindex="-1">Review, merge, then deploy <a class="header-anchor" href="#review-merge-then-deploy" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Review, merge, then deploy&quot;">​</a></h2><p>The workflow stops at a pull request. A human reviews the diff and decides whether to merge it; a separate deployment action decides when the new behavior becomes live.</p><p>This separation gives each boundary a real control:</p><ul><li>Repository permissions limit who can push the branch.</li><li>Branch protection and review policy govern the merge.</li><li>Deployment authorization governs the running agent.</li></ul><p>After deployment, repeat the original request or regression eval to confirm the behavior changed without crossing the freeze line.</p><h2 id="use-it-from-a-cloud-runtime-agent" tabindex="-1">Use it from a cloud-runtime agent <a class="header-anchor" href="#use-it-from-a-cloud-runtime-agent" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Use it from a cloud-runtime agent&quot;">​</a></h2><p>When the agent&#39;s own turn already runs on a cloud VM with the source repository checked out, mount <code>improve</code> without the Cloud agents extension. The skill branches and edits that ephemeral checkout, then opens the same reviewable pull request.</p><p>Cloud-runtime tool approvals are unavailable. Repository permissions, branch protection, human review, and separate deployment remain the hard controls.</p><h2 id="configure-it" tabindex="-1">Configure it <a class="header-anchor" href="#configure-it" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Configure it&quot;">​</a></h2><ul><li><code>repo</code> is the source repository URL.</li><li><code>path</code> is the agent&#39;s repository-relative directory.</li><li><code>ref</code> is the deployed branch or ref that new branches and pull requests target; it defaults to <code>main</code>.</li><li><code>notes</code> adds tree-specific guidance to every coding brief, such as a required test command or PR convention.</li><li><code>deploy</code> tells the skill who deploys a merged change and when it becomes live.</li></ul><p><code>notes</code> and <code>deploy</code> insert prose into the contributed skill. They do not run checks, merge a branch, or trigger a deployment.</p><p>Validation checks the URL and path shape. 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 # Self-improvement
 
-The `improve` extension lets an agent change how it behaves by changing
-its own source. Someone asks it to answer more briefly, to stop reaching
-for a tool, or to learn a procedure. The agent writes a brief, a one-off
-Cursor cloud agent makes the change on a branch and opens a pull
-request, and the agent reports that pull request. Nothing changes until
-a person reviews it and deploys.
+The `improve` extension teaches an agent how to turn "change how you
+work" into a source change. The agent prepares a brief, a Cursor cloud
+agent edits a checkout and opens a pull request, and the running agent
+reports the verified PR for human review.
 
-The tree the agent runs from is never edited; nothing changed there
-survives a deploy. The pull request is the only path.
+Durable behavior does not change until that source is merged and
+deployed. A cloud-runtime turn may edit its ephemeral checkout, but it
+does not rewrite the source of a running deployment.
 
 ## Mount it
 
-The extension ships with `@cursor/july`. It relies on a
-[`cursor-cloud-agents`](/docs/guides/cloud-agents.md) mount beside it, with the
-agent's own repository among its `cloud.repos`.
+On the local runtime, mount Cloud agents with the agent's own repository
+allowlisted, keep launch approval explicit, then mount `improve` with
+the source directory.
 
 ```ts
 // agent/extensions/cloud.ts
@@ -22,8 +21,15 @@ import cursorCloudAgents from "@cursor/july/extensions/cursor-cloud-agents";
 
 export default cursorCloudAgents({
   cloud: {
-    repos: [{ url: "https://github.com/acme/agents", startingRef: "main" }],
+    repos: [
+      {
+        url: "https://github.com/acme/agents",
+        startingRef: "main",
+      },
+    ],
+    autoCreatePR: true,
   },
+  needsApproval: true,
 });
 ```
 
@@ -34,58 +40,105 @@ import improve from "@cursor/july/extensions/improve";
 export default improve({
   repo: "https://github.com/acme/agents",
   path: "agents/concierge",
+  ref: "main",
 });
 ```
 
-`repo` is the repository that holds the agent's source and `path` is
-the agent's directory in it, the same values `agent-sdk deploy --repo`
-and `--path` take. Mount it as `improve`: the skill then reads
-`improve__yourself`, which is what a person asks for.
-
-An agent on the
-[cloud runtime](/docs/reference/agent-config.md#choose-a-runtime) already
-runs each turn on a VM with the repository checked out. It mounts
-`improve` alone, and the skill has it branch in that checkout instead of
-launching a second agent.
-
-## What the agent does
-
-With the extension mounted, "change how you work" becomes a procedure:
-
-- **Locate the change.** The skill maps the ask onto the Agent SDK tree:
-  instructions for the always-on prompt, a skill for a procedure, a tool
-  for behavior that must be right every time, `agent.ts` for the model.
-- **Brief a cloud agent.** The agent writes a self-contained brief: who
-  is asking and why, the repository, ref, and path, the files it expects
-  to change, your notes about the tree, and the rules. Follow the
-  repository's conventions, keep the diff to the change, run the
-  repository's checks, open a pull request against the deployed ref,
-  never merge.
-- **Follow up and report.** It gives the person the cloud agent's URL,
-  checks on the run, reads the pull request before repeating its claims,
-  and reports the pull request, not the delegation. It says the change
-  takes effect at the next deploy, never that it has changed already.
-
-Ask it directly. "Improve yourself: stop opening with a summary" is
-enough.
+Mounted as `improve`, the extension contributes the
+`improve__yourself` skill. It does not contribute a tool that can bypass
+the normal repository workflow.
+
+## Ask for one behavioral change
+
+State the change, how to tell it worked, and what behavior must stay
+fixed. The agent maps the request to instructions, a skill, a tool,
+channel configuration, or the model setting before preparing the coding
+brief.
+
+> Improve yourself: stop opening incident replies with a summary.
+> Start with the decision, keep the existing evidence bullets, and
+> preserve every current eval.
+
+The success criterion and freeze line keep the cloud agent from turning
+a narrow behavior request into an unrelated refactor.
+
+## Follow the source change
+
+On local runtime, the agent requests approval and launches one cloud
+agent on the configured repository and ref. It reports the complete
+cloud-agent ID and URL immediately, then checks the same run instead of
+launching another agent for follow-up work.
+
+When the cloud agent opens a pull request, the running agent reads the
+result and the PR before reporting what changed and which checks passed.
+The pull request, not the delegation transcript, is the durable
+deliverable.
+
+Use the [Cloud agents guide](/docs/guides/cloud-agents.md) for launch, status,
+transcript, steering, and cancellation behavior.
+
+## Review, merge, then deploy
+
+The workflow stops at a pull request. A human reviews the diff and
+decides whether to merge it; a separate deployment action decides when
+the new behavior becomes live.
+
+This separation gives each boundary a real control:
+
+- Repository permissions limit who can push the branch.
+- Branch protection and review policy govern the merge.
+- Deployment authorization governs the running agent.
+
+After deployment, repeat the original request or regression eval to
+confirm the behavior changed without crossing the freeze line.
+
+## Use it from a cloud-runtime agent
+
+When the agent's own turn already runs on a cloud VM with the source
+repository checked out, mount `improve` without the Cloud agents
+extension. The skill branches and edits that ephemeral checkout, then
+opens the same reviewable pull request.
+
+Cloud-runtime tool approvals are unavailable. Repository permissions,
+branch protection, human review, and separate deployment remain the
+hard controls.
 
 ## Configure it
 
-| Option | What it controls |
-| --- | --- |
-| `repo` | The repository holding the agent's source. One of the cloud mount's `cloud.repos`. |
-| `path` | The agent's directory in the repository, as `agent-sdk deploy --path` names it. |
-| `ref` | The ref the deployment tracks. Branches start there and pull requests target it. Defaults to `main`. |
-| `notes` | What a coding agent must know about this tree beyond the standard layout: a house skill format, a manifest that forces a reinstall, a pull request convention. Copied into every brief. |
-| `deploy` | Who deploys a merged change and when it is live. Defaults to "It takes effect at the next deploy." |
+- `repo` is the source repository URL.
+- `path` is the agent's repository-relative directory.
+- `ref` is the deployed branch or ref that new branches and pull
+  requests target; it defaults to `main`.
+- `notes` adds tree-specific guidance to every coding brief, such as a
+  required test command or PR convention.
+- `deploy` tells the skill who deploys a merged change and when it
+  becomes live.
 
-## What's next
+`notes` and `deploy` insert prose into the contributed skill. They do
+not run checks, merge a branch, or trigger a deployment.
 
-Continue with these pages:
+Validation checks the URL and path shape. It does not prove the source
+exists, matches the current deployment, or appears in the Cloud agents
+repository allowlist, so keep those values aligned yourself.
+
+## What the extension enforces
+
+`improve__yourself` is model guidance for locating the change, writing a
+brief, following repository rules, opening a PR, and reporting it. Rules
+such as "never merge" are instructions, not framework-enforced
+permissions.
+
+Use repository and deployment controls for hard enforcement. The
+extension provides a repeatable path through those controls; it does not
+replace them.
+
+## What's next
 
-- [Cursor cloud agents](/docs/guides/cloud-agents.md): the mount that does the
-  coding, and how to gate its launches
-- [Extensions](/docs/reference/extensions.md): how mounts, namespaces, and
-  overrides work
-- [Deployment](/docs/deployment.md): how a merged change reaches the
-  running agent
+- [Cloud agents](/docs/guides/cloud-agents.md): delegation and steering on local
+  runtime
+- [Build with a coding agent](/docs/building-with-agents.md): have an
+  external coding agent edit the project directly
+- [Extensions](/docs/reference/extensions.md): namespaces and overlays
+- [Deployment](/docs/deployment.md): make a merged source change live
+- [Evals](/docs/evals.md): protect the requested behavior before and after
+  the change