Using Cursor Automations to Add Missing Test Coverage Daily

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-05-13 · Open on X

Topics: AI Dev Tools & Productivity, AI Agents, Tool Use & MCP, Evaluation (Evals) & Testing · Level: beginner

Summary

The creator recommends Cursor Automations for scheduling an agent that fills in skipped test coverage every day. It is an example of using recurring background agents for routine engineering chores.

Key points

• Cursor Automations can run an agent on a recurring schedule.
• Example use: a daily agent that writes tests for code that has no coverage.
• This turns a chore people tend to skip, like writing tests, into an automated routine.

Resources mentioned

• Cursor Automations · tool · cursor.com · check price
  Cursor's automation feature, which runs scheduled agent tasks such as researching AI news and updating site content.
  Also in: Using Cursor Automations to update an AI news page daily, no CMS (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Automated daily 'AI News Today' page built with Cursor automations (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Automating a Daily AI News Page with Cursor Automations (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Cursor Automations: Cron, Event Triggers and Model Selection (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)

Try this

• Set up a daily Cursor Automation that adds test coverage to your repo.