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Keep Cursor for spikes while the team track takes over

You are not ready for a big bang this week — and that is fine. Agents can keep helping on spikes while the team track takes over review, checks, and shared secrets. Each piece gets a way back before the next one starts. This page is that staged path, not a ban-agents weekend.

30 min · senior team · leave with a clear next step

In plain words

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A transition from solo Cursor ship means agents can still help on spikes while real merges go through the team track. Both paths can run for a while. You can undo each piece before you start the next. You are done with a part when that piece answers from the shared path and the laptop is only a backup for that piece.

Why staged is its own page

Big-bang bans scare teams that still need agent speed

Migrate and get-off assume you are ready to cut. Many teams are not. They need spikes safe while one piece moves to shared review.

  • Moving everything at once because it “feels cleaner”

    Clean on paper. Messy when secrets, checks, and merge rules all flip together. Move one part. Check it. Then move the next.

  • No written reverse for the piece you just moved

    If you cannot put that part back on the laptop path in a known time, you do not have a transition. You have a gamble.

  • Two editors on the same screen with no rule

    An agent branch and a patched file on main that nobody reconciles. Drift is how “we already fixed that” returns next week.

  • Remotes and vaults still look personal

    If cloud billing or deploy keys sit under one founder login, ownership is the first part to move — even while spikes still use agents.

The dual-track order

Keep spikes live, move one part, undo it once, then pick the next

Team track hardens first. Agent branches stay for exploration until parity is proved.

01

Freeze critical agent-only paths for production merges

Exploration branches okay; production merges need review.

02

Stand protected remotes and shared secret names

Second admin. Vault outside chat.

03

Move review and checks in slices

Prove parity. Require gates. Then retire laptop-only ship for that slice.

04

Document who owns which track this week

No silent dual edits on the same screen.

How to

How to transition off solo Cursor ship without downtime

Run both tracks. Be able to undo each move. Keep users safe.

  1. Step 01

    Name the first part

    Secrets, review, or start path — not all three.

  2. Step 02

    Stand the team track beside the laptop path

    Both can answer for that part.

  3. Step 03

    Prove reverse in writing

    Known time to put the part back.

  4. Step 04

    Switch that part over when both sides match

    Watch. Support knows both tracks.

  5. Step 05

    Pick the next part only after the reverse window closes

    Finish one move before you start another.

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What does a staged transition from Cursor look like?

Freeze critical agent-only production paths → stand protected remotes and checks → migrate reviews and secrets in slices → prove parity → require gates → retire laptop-only ship. Reversible until the final process kill-switch.

Can we dual-track agent spikes and team checks without downtime?

Yes — allow agent branches for exploration while production merges only through reviewed checks, then tighten when health holds. Feature flags help. Downtime stays planned near zero.

Who owns what during the Cursor dual-track window?

Write it down: which screens agents may touch, which merges need review, who holds vault access. Unowned dual edits are how drift returns.

When is a Cursor transition the wrong page?

When you already need a full practiced exit this week, or when you only need a wrap before ads. Then migrate, get-off, or harden is the honest page.

Keep spikes. Move ownership one part at a time.

Bring the laptop-only list and the team track you already have. We move each part with a way to undo it before we tighten the next gate.

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