Build small features and integrations with Cursor agent mode

A commenter uses Cursor agent mode for smaller features, third-party integrations, background jobs, notifications and activity tracking, and has it log key findings to a worklog file for the next run.

What They Did

The commenter says they only use Cursor agent mode for smaller, contained features and rely on heavy process: first review an implementation plan, then have the agent break work into smaller LLM-sized tasks with prompts tied to relevant documents and business rules. After each task, they ask it to write key findings into a worklog.md file so the next run can reuse that context, with the human acting as architect and approving the plan.

How It Went

They present this as a way to make agent mode workable for feature work instead of letting it free-run, but they do not give a concrete shipped example or any performance numbers in that comment thread.

Worth Knowing

The main catch is the overhead: you have to split tasks carefully, verify the plan first, and keep the worklog updated for future runs.