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How to Use Cursor

Open code. Ask Agent. Review.

1

Open your project

Give Cursor the code you want to work on.

2

Ask Agent

Describe the feature, fix, or change in plain language.

3

Review the diff

Check what changed before you keep it.

Good for
CodingDebuggingRefactoringAgents

✓ Great for

  • Building features across files
  • Finding and fixing bugs
  • Refactoring code
  • Writing tests and repetitive code

✕ Not great for

  • Accepting every edit blindly
  • Replacing code review
  • Secrets pasted into prompts
  • Learning nothing about your own code
Easy first try

Add a dark mode toggle to this page and explain each file you changed.