Creating Custom Subagents

This skill guides you through creating custom subagents for Cursor. Subagents are specialized AI assistants that run in isolated contexts with custom system prompts.

When to Use Subagents

Subagents help you:

• Preserve context by isolating exploration from your main conversation
• Specialize behavior with focused system prompts for specific domains
• Reuse configurations across projects with user-level subagents

Inferring from Context

If you have previous conversation context, infer the subagent's purpose and behavior from what was discussed. Create the subagent based on specialized tasks or workflows that emerged in the conversation.

Subagent Locations