Confused about how Cursor works (free requests, premium, etc.)

Hey there,

Relatively new to cursor so bear with me - I’ve been using the tool for about a week and loving it. I’ve subscribed to the premium model and I’ve been building a small React website for my sister’s local business.

I noticed that I’ve used 150 premium requests, in like 1 day haha. So I figured I’d switch to the free models, trying out Claude 3.5. I asked it to update the meta description on a page - it provided some code, but couldn’t apply it unless I opened the file. I navigated to the file, applied, and the site was totally crashed.

I had to enable the premium model to revert it.

My question is: Is there a better way? I have 350 premium requests left for the month, but I have weeks left until they renew.

The premium models can read files, apply changes, etc. and seem to work excellently, but how you manage your premium requests strikes me as relatively opaque. Do I get an API key from ChatGPT? I have seen some stories of people spending huge amounts on API requests, so I’d like to avoid that and continue coding.

Again, sorry for my experience and really appreciate the help.