35% of PRs Are Coded by Cursor's Autonomous Agents

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-03-02 · Open on X

Topics: AI Dev Tools & Productivity, Industry Trends & Job Market · Level: beginner

Summary

The creator highlights a claim that 35% of pull requests are written by Cursor's autonomous agents. The post shows how quickly agentic coding tools are moving into everyday software work.

Key points

• Claim: 35% of PRs are written by Cursor's autonomous agents.
• Autonomous coding agents are now a large share of real code contributions.
• Learning to direct and review agent-written PRs is becoming a core skill.

Resources mentioned

• Cursor · tool · x.com · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  AI-native code editor (VS Code with AI built in).
  Also in: GLM 5.3 and GLM 5.3 Flash now in Cursor (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Grok Bot Can Now Hand Off Coding Tasks to Cursor (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Why Plan Mode Still Matters in AI Coding Assistants (Codex, Claude, Cursor) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Why Plan Mode Still Matters in AI Coding Agents (Codex, Claude, Cursor) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 121 more