I found that in the latest version 0.41, there is a new function called Notepad on the composer interface.
But I don’t know how to use it better.
In other words, I don’t know what its function is. Is there anyone who can provide a simple example of best practice?
I would also love to know more about notepads. It would be great to have a sense for when to use a notepad.
I just used it for the first time to make a simple collection of related files. This seems to save time in the event I need to start a new chat or composer, and don’t want to bother re-searching/adding all the files. Beyond that, I’m not sure.
Hey @tangjun
There’s a bit of an explanation here:
thx, I’ve looked it over.
Is “composer” now called cmd + k in the newest version/docs and you can no longer get it into the AI pane?
These features look awesome but I don’t see them in Version: 0.42.5
shortcut key is Ctrl+i , or ctrl shift + i
Ah, thank you. I swear cmd + d to get it into the AI pane wasn’t working yesterday, but it’s working today.
Feedback for the team: I have done ~3000 chat messages over a few months and didn’t know composer existed 
. Why isn’t composer functionality “part of” chat as features/settings. For example why does chat not have checkpoint functionality?
Yes, actually composer is a very powerful function. But for beginners, there is no prompt for the composer function at all. Therefore, they may not know that this function exists. So I think composer should be displayed by default on the side panel or be guided for use in a prominent position.
Notepads allow you to efficiently add context without using multiple @. Include the list of contexts in the notepad, and then reference it with @Notepad_name.md.
What I’m not clear about:
Please criticize my thesis to help me understand better.
The advantage of Notepad is that you can @ the file you need, and the AI can recognize the content of the file. This function cannot be implemented in md files.
The AI can’t read MD files? I don’t believe that.
You have misunderstood me. AI can read md files, but it cannot automatically read the files mentioned in md with @.
But for notepads, you still have to specify @Notepad.
so you can metion multi file in your notepad, then only @notepad, it is equal to metion the files.
Then why did Cursor go through all the work of adding that feature?
and more, you can add some comment to the files you metioned, that make the AI better know your project. the AI can auto read the file you metioned.
Thank you so much. This feature now makes sense.
all right, you’re welcome. 
I didn’t know how to use it before. Later, through my own exploration, I gradually mastered the usage.
