Cursor 3 Adds Split Agents for Multitasking

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-04-14 · Open on X

Topics: AI Dev Tools & Productivity, AI Agents, Tool Use & MCP · Level: beginner

Summary

Cursor 3 adds quality-of-life features for running several agents at once. You can now split agents into panes and multitask, like terminal splits. Melvin says Cursor has been shipping faster since it moved away from its VS Code base.

Key points

• Cursor 3 is built around running and coordinating several agents.
• You can split agents into panes and work on several tasks in parallel.
• The creator says Cursor ships faster since it dropped VS Code.

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

Try this

• Try splitting agents in Cursor 3 to run tasks in parallel.