Cursor CLI adds sticky skills and a durable /goal

The August 11, 2026 Cursor CLI release changes how a skill attaches to a session, and adds a new command for goals that outlive a single turn.

Sticky skills and modes

A skill slash entry now attaches once when you press Enter. Pressing Option+Enter instead invokes a mode-backed skill as a sticky custom mode — it stays active across turns until you explicitly exit it, rather than applying to just the one message. Managed-skill sync also now materializes a skill's nested Markdown resource files under ~/.cursor/skills-cursor, so skills that reference extra files work when synced.

A durable /goal

/goal tracks a durable goal with an active-or-paused status line. It continues across idle periods and headless runs, and pauses on Ctrl+C instead of being dropped. Per the release notes, this is rolling out and gated — it may not be live in every install yet.

See the Cursor CLI sheet for the current skills and command surface.