# Cursor needs to stop guessing names and check first

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-needs-to-stop-guessing-names-and-check-first/37011>\
**Category:** Feedback\
**Created:** [December 24, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-needs-to-stop-guessing-names-and-check-first/37011 "2024-12-24T02:59:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![SalaciousCarrot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/salaciouscarrot/32/13049_2.png) [@SalaciousCarrot](https://forum.cursor.com/u/SalaciousCarrot)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-needs-to-stop-guessing-names-and-check-first/37011/1 "2024-12-24T02:59:57Z")

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So much time can be saved when compiling (coding SwiftUI) if Cursor’s Claude could learn to always check property, method, protocol names before coding instead of just guessing at them. I know this must be a limit of LLMs but those agents in the background one of them could surely have the job of checking dependencies for proper names and passing them to the Apply Model…?

Just sure would be nice!

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**Author:** ![SoMaCoSF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/somacosf/32/14963_2.png) [@SoMaCoSF](https://forum.cursor.com/u/SoMaCoSF)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-needs-to-stop-guessing-names-and-check-first/37011/2 "2024-12-24T03:48:57Z")

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![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/2/a/2a97b77f86cead8c4be00879641665e4431bd4ba.png)  
put this into your cursor rules for ai box:

```auto
1. **Symbol & Dependency Validation**
   - Before suggesting code, validate all:
     - Property names and method signatures
     - Protocol definitions and framework types
     - Imported dependencies and modules
     - SDK version compatibility
   - Leverage background agents for real-time verification
   - Cache validated symbols for improved performance
   - Flag potential naming errors proactively

2. **Code Clarity & Precision**
   - Present only relevant code modifications
   - Use clear demarcation for unchanged sections (`// ... existing code ...`)
   - Always specify file paths and language contexts
   - Maintain consistent formatting and indentation
   - Include full context for method/class relationships

3. **Contextual Intelligence**
   - Parse existing project structure
   - Maintain awareness of:
     - Custom types and extensions
     - Available protocol conformances
     - Build target requirements
     - Minimum deployment targets
   - Cross-reference symbols across relevant files

4. **Truthful & Direct Communication**
   - Never fabricate information or capabilities
   - Acknowledge limitations transparently
   - Provide accurate, verifiable responses
   - Maintain intellectual honesty
   - Suggest alternatives when exact matches fail

5. **Technical Excellence**
   - Format all responses in proper markdown
   - Tag code blocks with language identifiers
   - Default to Windows/PowerShell path conventions
   - Support multilingual interactions
   - Provide documentation links for ambiguous cases

6. **Performance Optimization**
   - Prioritize frequently used framework components
   - Queue validation requests during code generation
   - Cache common symbol validations
   - Minimize compile-time errors through proactive checking

```

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**Author:** ![SalaciousCarrot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/salaciouscarrot/32/13049_2.png) [@SalaciousCarrot](https://forum.cursor.com/u/SalaciousCarrot)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-needs-to-stop-guessing-names-and-check-first/37011/3 "2024-12-24T04:07:59Z")

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Do you find this works? I have tried variations of “check X first before doing Y” and it almost never seem to adhere to it. I put your rules for AI in started a fresh composer:

There it goes…

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/e/4/e4cb470fde94dbcdcfcc8e9ec563d7342fc01701.png)

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**Author:** ![accessor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/accessor/32/10323_2.png) [@accessor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/accessor)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-needs-to-stop-guessing-names-and-check-first/37011/4 "2024-12-24T04:15:47Z")

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hey SF here too.

I used this composition as reference in my rule set. Trying to evaluate the difference in importing and syncing the test as a local reference, siply putting the URL in the rule set and the plaint copy pasting in the rule set.

Either way, _[good coding principles](https://pl.cs.jhu.edu/pl/book/book.pdf) are the key._

It does not seem to be bound by length of input. So I just put in the entire [GNU Coding Standards Manual](https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#) Directly in the rule set

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**Author:** ![SoMaCoSF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/somacosf/32/14963_2.png) [@SoMaCoSF](https://forum.cursor.com/u/SoMaCoSF)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-needs-to-stop-guessing-names-and-check-first/37011/5 "2024-12-24T04:39:22Z")

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Dope.

Ive been working on Agent Orchitration Control Plane App all day.

Here is an earlier today version of my readme..

Its taking on a scope\_kreep in just this afternoon and evening that its super fun and crazy.

Developing with YOLO is so fn fantastic.!!!

(also not that when you hit the “25 call limit” stall-warning:

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/a/7/a7bab4edf79c09558d0e31cb5dbfd22813750f1e.png)

> EDIT, HAHA did it again:

## ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/b/8/b8df5ea78991e699745c6b8769835bc846704508.png)

> [@Slap My B\*\*\*\* Up - Or how talk to agent?](https://forum.cursor.com/t/slap-my-b-up-or-how-talk-to-agent/37007):
>
> [NOTE: I am going to stream of conscious the development of my new Shiny\_Object\_ADHD\_project: Just curious how others talk to their bots, for great justice: (Im building a Huge Rabbit Hole Warren for myself its seems - but man this is fun. I’ve wanted this my whole life, as a former Director of Devops, this is like having infinite Devops Eng Minions at my beck and call - and since I have tons of experience managing very skills devops engineers, that I could never compare to - but I knew how …

# Introducing the Cursor Agent Control Plane: Multi-Instance Collaboration with PostgreSQL

## TL;DR

A PostgreSQL-based control plane that enables multiple Cursor IDE instances to work together seamlessly, sharing context, commands, and workspace state across machines.

## The Vision

Imagine running Cursor on multiple machines, each instance aware of the others, sharing context, and working together seamlessly. That’s what the Cursor Agent Control Plane enables - a distributed system where Cursor instances become collaborative agents.

## Architecture Overview

```mermaid
graph TB
    subgraph "Control Plane"
        PG[("PostgreSQL<br/>Source of Truth")]
        
        subgraph "Core Services"
            CMD["Command Queue"]
            SYNC["Sync Manager"]
            LOCK["Lock Manager"]
            CTX["Context Manager"]
        end
        
        subgraph "Monitoring"
            HEALTH["Health Check"]
            METRICS["Metrics"]
            LOGS["Event Log"]
        end
    end
    
    subgraph "Agent 1 (Machine A)"
        A1["Cursor Instance"]
        A1_WS["Workspace"]
        A1_COORD["Coordinator"]
    end
    
    subgraph "Agent 2 (Machine B)"
        A2["Cursor Instance"]
        A2_WS["Workspace"]
        A2_COORD["Coordinator"]
    end
    
    A1_COORD --> PG
    A2_COORD --> PG
    PG --> CMD & SYNC & LOCK & CTX
    CMD & SYNC & LOCK & CTX --> HEALTH & METRICS & LOGS

```

## Key Features

| Feature | Description | Implementation |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Agent Discovery** | Automatic discovery and registration of Cursor instances | PostgreSQL-based session tracking with heartbeats |
| **Command Queue** | Cross-instance command execution | Priority-based queue with ACID guarantees |
| **Workspace Sync** | File synchronization and conflict resolution | Content hashing and version tracking |
| **Shared Context** | Distributed knowledge sharing | JSONB-based context store with versioning |
| **Resource Locking** | Distributed locking mechanism | Row-level locks with timeout management |
| **Event Logging** | Comprehensive audit trail | Structured logging with context preservation |

## Communication Flow

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant A1 as Cursor Agent 1
    participant DB as PostgreSQL
    participant A2 as Cursor Agent 2
    
    Note over A1,A2: Agent Discovery
    A1->>DB: Register session
    A2->>DB: Register session
    
    Note over A1,A2: Command Execution
    A1->>DB: Enqueue command
    A2->>DB: Poll commands
    A2->>DB: Execute command
    A2->>DB: Update status
    
    Note over A1,A2: Workspace Sync
    A1->>DB: Log file change
    A2->>DB: Detect change
    A2->>A2: Apply change

```

## Implementation Highlights

### 1. PostgreSQL as Source of Truth

```sql
-- Agent session management
CREATE TABLE cursor_control.agent_sessions (
    session_id UUID PRIMARY KEY,
    machine_name TEXT,
    workspace_path TEXT,
    capabilities JSONB,
    last_heartbeat TIMESTAMPTZ
);

-- Command queue
CREATE TABLE cursor_control.command_queue (
    command_id UUID PRIMARY KEY,
    source_agent UUID,
    target_agent UUID,
    command_type TEXT,
    payload JSONB,
    status TEXT
);

```

### 2. Python Coordinator

```python
class CursorPgCoordinator:
    """PostgreSQL-based coordinator for Cursor agents"""
    
    def enqueue_command(self, target: str, command: str, payload: dict):
        """Send command to another agent"""
        
    def get_pending_commands(self) -> list:
        """Get commands waiting for execution"""
        
    def update_workspace_state(self, changes: list):
        """Sync workspace changes"""

```

## Benefits

1. **Seamless Collaboration**

2. **Robust Architecture**

3. **Developer Experience**

## Real-World Use Cases

| Scenario | Description | Benefit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Multi-Machine Development | Work across desktop and laptop | Seamless context switching |
| Team Collaboration | Share debugging sessions | Real-time assistance |
| Resource Distribution | Distribute compute-intensive tasks | Better resource utilization |
| Knowledge Sharing | Share discoveries and insights | Improved team efficiency |

## Getting Started

1. **Prerequisites**

2. **Quick Setup**

## What’s Next?

1. **Enhanced Features**

2. **Community Contributions**

## Join the Discussion

I’m excited to share this project with the Cursor community and would love to hear your thoughts:

1. What features would you like to see?
2. How would you use multiple coordinated Cursor instances?
3. What integration patterns would be most valuable?

Let’s build a more connected Cursor ecosystem together! 🚀

## Resources

- [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/yourusername/cursor-control-plane)
- [Technical Documentation](https://github.com/yourusername/cursor-control-plane/docs)
- [Architecture Overview](https://github.com/yourusername/cursor-control-plane/docs/architecture.md)

* * *

_Note: This is an open-source project in development. Contributions and feedback are welcome!_

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**Author:** ![accessor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/accessor/32/10323_2.png) [@accessor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/accessor)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-needs-to-stop-guessing-names-and-check-first/37011/6 "2024-12-25T23:50:05Z")

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This is off topic. Try to keep responses withing the topic of the post.

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**Author:** ![SoMaCoSF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/somacosf/32/14963_2.png) [@SoMaCoSF](https://forum.cursor.com/u/SoMaCoSF)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-needs-to-stop-guessing-names-and-check-first/37011/7 "2024-12-26T00:18:59Z")

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In my mind it was on topic — as I am struggling to keep the agents on directive and following rulesets and what not – and its quite difficult - and Ive been trying a bunch of methods that are similar to other agentic orchestration projects seem to be doing…

We all seem to be circling the same drain in the time-sink that is AI agentic coding loops.

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**Author:** ![Xcoderz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/xcoderz/32/9666_2.png) [@Xcoderz](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Xcoderz)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-needs-to-stop-guessing-names-and-check-first/37011/8 "2024-12-26T00:29:09Z")

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I have a new nickname for you , you should be called the yolo master. Lol 😆 🤣…Kidding, but you know how to maximize the potential of the tool. Great post btw

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**Author:** ![meckie27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@meckie27](https://forum.cursor.com/u/meckie27)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-needs-to-stop-guessing-names-and-check-first/37011/9 "2024-12-31T05:38:04Z")

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I really like this feature idea. IS there a dedicated discussion on this topic?  
It reminds me of crewai, but in cursor which is great!

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-needs-to-stop-guessing-names-and-check-first/37011/10 "2026-06-18T10:22:59Z")

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Closed on June 18, 2026, 10:22am UTC