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Provides AI-driven code completion, natural‑language editing, and instant access to your entire codebase, turning the editor into an intelligent pair programmer.
Cursor Overview
What is Cursor about?
Cursor is an AI‑powered code editor that boosts developer productivity by predicting edits, answering questions from the codebase, and allowing you to modify code through natural‑language prompts.
How to use Cursor?
- Download the appropriate installer for macOS or other platforms from the official website.
- Install the application and launch it.
- Enable or disable Privacy Mode depending on whether you want code to be sent to remote models.
- Start coding; the AI will suggest completions and can be invoked with the Tab key or via natural‑language commands.
- Access files, docs, and codebase context directly from the sidebar, and apply suggested edits with a single click.
Key Features of Cursor
- Frontier Intelligence: Mix of purpose‑built and state‑of‑the‑art LLMs for fast, accurate suggestions.
- Tab Completion: Press Tab to accept multi‑line completions; works 25% of the time as “magic” predictions according to users.
- Natural Language Editing: Write prompts like “rename this function to
fetchData” and the editor updates the code automatically. - Codebase Awareness: Query the entire repository, retrieve relevant files, and insert model‑generated code in one click.
- Privacy Mode & SOC 2: Choose to keep all code local; when enabled, no data leaves the machine.
- Extension Compatibility: Import VS Code extensions, themes, and keybindings.
- Cross‑Platform: Available for macOS (and likely Windows/Linux via downloads).
Use Cases of Cursor
- Rapid Prototyping: Generate boilerplate code or entire modules from a brief description.
- Bug Fixing: Ask the AI to locate and suggest fixes for errors based on stack traces.
- Refactoring: Rename variables, extract functions, or reorganize code through plain‑text commands.
- Learning & Onboarding: New team members can query the codebase to understand architecture without digging through files.
- Documentation Generation: Prompt the AI to write READMEs, comments, or API docs directly from the source.
FAQ from Cursor
Q: Does Cursor store my code remotely? A: Only if you enable the default mode; with Privacy Mode turned on, all processing occurs locally and the service is SOC 2 certified.
Q: How does the AI model get updated? A: Cursor continuously rolls out model upgrades and new features; users receive updates automatically through the installer.
Q: Can I use my own LLM? A: Yes, Cursor supports a “bring‑your‑own‑model” option for advanced users.
Q: Is there a free tier? A: The editor can be downloaded and used for free; premium features are offered on paid plans.
Q: How does Cursor integrate with existing VS Code extensions? A: It can import extensions, themes, and keybindings with a single click, preserving familiar workflows.
Cursor's README
Title: Cursor - The AI Code Editor
URL Source: https://cursor.com/
Markdown Content: Cursor - The AI Code Editor
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Code Editor
Built to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best way to code with AI.
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Tab, tab, tab
Cursor lets you breeze through changes by predicting your next edit.
Knows your codebase
Get answers from your codebase or refer to files or docs. Use the model's code in one click.
Edit in natural language
Cursor lets you write code using instructions. Update entire classes or functions with a simple prompt.
Build software faster
Intelligent, fast, and familiar, Cursor is the best way to code with AI.
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### Feels Familiar Import all your extensions, themes, and keybindings in one click.
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### Feels Familiar Import all your extensions, themes, and keybindings in one click.
Loved by world-class devs
Engineers all around the world reach for Cursor by choice.
Cursor is at least a 2x improvement over Copilot. It's amazing having an AI pair programmer, and is an incredible accelerator for me and my team.
Ben Bernard
Instacart
The Cursor tab completion while coding is occasionally so magic it defies reality - about ~25% of the time it is anticipating exactly what I want to do. It is enough to make you believe that eventually you'll be able to code at the speed of thought.
Kevin Whinnery
OpenAI
Cursor is hands down my biggest workflow improvement in years
Sawyer Hood
Figma
I love writing code and Cursor is a necessity. Cursor is steps ahead of my brain, proposing multi-line edits so I type 'tab' more than anything else.
Andrew Milich
Notion
Cursor is so good, and literally gets better/more feature-rich every couple of weeks.
Morgan McGuire
Weights & Biases
Cursor is awesome! Someone finally put GPT into a code editor in a seamless way. It's so elegant and easy. No more copying and pasting. I'm an hour in and already hooked.
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Andrew McCalip
Varda
Cursor is the best AI developer tool right now, avoid it at your own peril
Logan Kilpatrick
Started using Cursor yesterday & i'm blown away. it's how Copilot should feel. i'm completely off VSCode now.
Sam Whitmore
New Computer
Cursor is the best product I've used in a while - it's an AI enabled editor. I just asked it to write a README for a project I've been working on - analyzed the code-base and worked first time.
Alex MacCaw
Reflect
Cursor is the best product I've used in a while - it's an AI enabled editor. I just asked it to write a README for a project I've been working on - analyzed the code-base and worked first time.
Zeke Sikelianos
Replicate
Gonna apply to YC and list Cursor as my cofounder
Cory Etzkorn
Notion
Cursor's new auto-complete is insane You no longer need to prompt it. It predicts what code you want based on what you're doing. Accept by hitting tab In this video I change the CSS class of one link. I then simply keep hitting tab to make the same change to all other links
Marc Köhlbrugge
WIP
I really like how Cursor suggests edits to existing code. It noticed I was inconsistent with my markup and popped up this suggestion that matched my other items!
Wes Bos
Internet
Cursor is 🐐-ed for real
Steven Tey
Dub
I really like how Cursor suggests edits to existing code. It noticed I was inconsistent with my markup and popped up this suggestion that matched my other items!
Wes Bos
Internet
The most useful AI tool that I currently pay for is, hands down, is Cursor It's fast, autocompletes when and where you need it to, handles brackets properly, sensible keyboard shortcuts, bring- your-own-model...everything is well put together.
shadcn
Vercel
I went from never hearing about Cursor to many IC engineers telling me it's their new favorite tool. Seemingly overnight! Pretty wild product-market fit.
Josh Miller
The Browser Company
I installed Cursor ... oh
Kent C. Dodds
Internet
After many recommendations, I finally switched from VSC to Cursor and ... wow! It's absolutely incredible. If you like Copilot (or if you don't), you'll be blown away by Cursor. There is no going back. 🤯
Johannes Schickling
Prisma
Cursor is at least a 2x improvement over Copilot. It's amazing having an AI pair programmer, and is an incredible accelerator for me and my team.
Ben Bernard
Instacart
The Cursor tab completion while coding is occasionally so magic it defies reality - about ~25% of the time it is anticipating exactly what I want to do. It is enough to make you believe that eventually you'll be able to code at the speed of thought.
Kevin Whinnery
OpenAI
Cursor is hands down my biggest workflow improvement in years
Sawyer Hood
Figma
I love writing code and Cursor is a necessity. Cursor is steps ahead of my brain, proposing multi-line edits so I type 'tab' more than anything else.
Andrew Milich
Notion
Cursor is so good, and literally gets better/more feature-rich every couple of weeks.
Morgan McGuire
Weights & Biases
Cursor is awesome! Someone finally put GPT into a code editor in a seamless way. It's so elegant and easy. No more copying and pasting. I'm an hour in and already hooked.
Andrew McCalip
Varda
Cursor is the best AI developer tool right now, avoid it at your own peril
Logan Kilpatrick
started using Cursor yesterday & i'm blown away. it's how Copilot should feel. i'm completely off VSCode now.
Sam Whitmore
New Computer
Cursor is the best product I've used in a while - it's an AI enabled editor. I just asked it to write a README for a project I've been working on - analyzed the code-base and worked first time.
Alex MacCaw
Reflect
Cursor has changed the game. I really can't imagine writing code without it at this point. The switch from VSCode is easy, and now I have AI superpowers right in my editor and my terminal.
Zeke Sikelianos
Replicate
Gonna apply to YC and list Cursor as my cofounder
Cory Etzkorn
Notion
Cursor's new auto-complete is insane You no longer need to prompt it. It predicts what code you want based on what you're doing. Accept by hitting tab In this video I change the CSS class of one link. I then simply keep hitting tab to make the same change to all other links
Marc Köhlbrugge
WIP
I really like how Cursor suggests edits to existing code. It noticed I was inconsistent with my markup and popped up this suggestion that matched my other items!
Wes Bos
Internet
Cursor is 🐐-ed for real
Steven Tey
Dub
*
I really like how Cursor suggests edits to existing code. It noticed I was inconsistent with my markup and popped up this suggestion that matched my other items!
Wes Bos
Internet
*
The most useful AI tool that I currently pay for is, hands down, is Cursor It's fast, autocompletes when and where you need it to, handles brackets properly, sensible keyboard shortcuts, bring- your-own-model...everything is well put together.
shadcn
Vercel
*
I went from never hearing about Cursor to many IC engineers telling me it's their new favorite tool. Seemingly overnight! Pretty wild product-market fit.
Josh Miller
The Browser Company
*
I installed Cursor ... oh
Kent C. Dodds
Internet
*
After many recommendations, I finally switched from VSC to Cursor and ... wow! It's absolutely incredible. If you like Copilot (or if you don't), you'll be blown away by Cursor. There is no going back. 🤯
Johannes Schickling
Prisma
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