Cursor Agents vs Cursor Commands
An agent is who. A command is the order of who. Confusing them is how people ask one chat to be the whole company.
Agent = role file
seo-specialist is a brief: what that desk does, which skills it reads, what it is not allowed to do. It is not Cursor Agent the product.
Command = sequence
/ship does not spawn 34 OS processes. It tells one session to adopt tech-lead, then specialists, emit phase headers, and stop on a failed gate. /launch does the same for launch-coordinator.
When to @ an agent vs type /
- One desk, one artifact → adopt the agent.
- A slice that needs several desks in order → command.
- A bug with a stack trace → /fix, not “be all 46 agents.”
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Frequently asked questions
Is /ship an agent?
No. /ship is a command that adopts agents in order.Can I run only the marketing agents?
Yes. Install the marketing kit. /launch will not try to run postgres-pro.
See the roster and the slashes
46 named roles. 47 commands that adopt them in sequence.