# Cursor: side chats, agent transcript search, new cloud agent hooks

> Adds side chats that run alongside the main agent conversation with full context, local search across agent transcripts (Cmd+K global, Cmd+F in-conversation), redesigned project/repo pickers, and new cloud agent hooks for observing the conversation.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Tool** | Cursor |
| **Version** | — |
| **Kind** | announcement |
| **Published** | 2026-07-10 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-11 |
| **Significance** | 4/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | feature, capability |

## What changed


- **Side chats**: `/side`, `/btw`, or plus button; durable full agent conversations with main-chat context, at-mention to pull back into main thread; read/search/answer-focused by default
- **Conversation search**: local index in Agents Window via Cmd+K scales to thousands of chats; Cmd+F in-chat with match counter
- **Redesigned project/repo pickers**: stay in picker for workflows (create project, connect GitHub/GitLab/Azure DevOps); scoped search (This Computer / Cloud / Remote Machines); No Repo as explicit choice; one-click remove from Recents
- **New cloud agent hooks**: `beforeSubmitPrompt`, `afterAgentResponse`, `afterAgentThought`, `stop`, `subagentStart`, etc. — observe prompt/response/thinking, control subagents, build self-correcting loops


## Sources

- [blog_rss](https://cursor.com/changelog/side-chat) — retrieved 2026-08-11


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