Use Cursor background agents to keep docs current

Have Cursor review recent changes, update your docs, and prepare a pull request for review.

Done with Cursorยท Intermediate

What they did
One commenter said their team often begins work in a Slack conversation, then resumes it later inside Cursor with Background Agents. Another described using agents to keep documentation up to date, and said the setup worked better when paired with Gemini and Claude Code instead of Cursor by itself.
How it went
They reported that documentation edits went smoothly and that Slack-to-Cursor handoff is their most common workflow. The main downside mentioned was price, with Sonnet 4 Max described as costly for doc updates.
Tips
If you use background agents for documentation, keep an eye on model choice and run cost. For anything that changes files broadly, have the agent stop at a reviewable PR instead of making final changes on its own.

Try it yourself with Cursor

In [repo URL], scan the latest merged changes and compare them with the current docs in [docs folder]. Update any pages that are now out of date, then prepare a pull request with a short list of the edits and why each one was needed. Stop before merging, publishing, deleting, or closing anything irreversible, and ask me to review the PR first.

Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.

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