How does he help you with your studies?
Hey, here are a few ways Cursor can help with learning:
Understanding code - Open Agent Cmd+I or Ctrl+I and ask it to explain any codebase, function, or concept. It will search through the code and give you a structured explanation. Great for getting oriented in unfamiliar projects.
Ask Mode - Switch to Ask Mode in the chat panel when you just want explanations without code edits. You can ask about programming concepts, algorithms, or how specific code works.
Plan Mode - Press Shift+Tab in Agent input to toggle Plan Mode. Instead of jumping straight to code, it researches and creates a step-by-step plan first, useful for learning how to approach larger tasks.
Code review as learning - Ask Agent to suggest improvements to your code and explain the tradeoffs. This is one of the fastest ways to learn best practices.
Some useful docs to get started:
- Quickstart: Quickstart | Cursor Docs
- Agent overview: Overview | Cursor Docs
What are you studying specifically? That way I can give more targeted tips.
have it use the template from “contract-style-comments” at GitHub.
Highlight, right-click, search: “contract-style comments for the AI coding agent github”.
tell the agent to clone it into your project.
tell the agent your learning goal, and have it produce the corresponding CONTRACT.md files.