Cursor Cloud Agents go from prompt to live URL, no repo needed

Start from scratch scaffolds an Origin repo in the background, port-forwards a live preview to your browser, and publishes to Vercel — git optional.

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  • Prompt in, scaffolded repo out

    Cloud Agents no longer need a connected GitHub or third-party source control to start — pick 'Start from scratch' in the repo picker, prompt the agent, and Cursor spins up an Origin repo in the background. Hit 'Create repo' when you like the result to save it private or internal.

  • A live preview, port-forwarded to your browser

    Cursor now port-forwards the cloud agent's running environment straight to your browser, so you watch the app come up and poke at it with design mode instead of waiting on a deploy. It's the live build, not a screenshot.

  • One click to a public URL via Vercel

    Connect a Vercel account and publish the agent's build to a real live URL — no local clone, no CI wiring. The repo then lands in your Codebase tab to keep iterating or share.

  • What you can ship this weekend

    This collapses the whole prototype loop — idea, repo, running app, shareable link — into one prompt-driven session. Spin up a throwaway tool or demo, preview it live, and hand someone a URL before you've touched git.