How cursor different from default Ai models?

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Hi @Asjad123 ,

I am writing this from mobile device, and not totally sure of the answers to all your questions, but this might get the conversation started with others who can answer in more detail.

Q1: They optimise the chat process for the ai-assisted coding process, see here for some light reading and insights into how they think

https://www.cursor.com/blog/instant-apply

On a simple level, if you have tried to code with Chat GPT etc, you will know there is lots of switching environments, re-uploading modified code etc. Cursor has lots of features that make the whole process more integrated such as inline code generation and refactoring (Ctrl + K), more in-depth chat (Ctrl + L) with several context options such as files, folders, websites or even your whole codebase, and multi-file creation and editing with Composer (Ctrl + I). You can also use Ctrl + K in the terminal to generate commands via natural language text.

Q2: Yes, you can choose different models:

https://docs.cursor.com/advanced/models

Q3: I’m not sure if free users can use their own API keys, hopefully someone else can answer that question.

Here are some cost, usage and api related posts:

I don't get it.. What is advantage to paying Cursor AI vs using a ChatGPT 4 key?

If the API key costs <= for your usage, feel free to use that Often people choose to subscribe to pro because it’s a cheaper (we have bulk OpenAI pricing) + there are some features we can only support on pro because they use custom models (faster diffs, Copilot++)

Daily reset - when?

Hi @arun, Just to re-emphasize the text that is displayed when logged in at https://www.cursor.com/settings: You may opt in to usage-based pricing for requests that go beyond what is included in your plan. Currently only applies to Claude 3 Opus and a few models in long context chat. So this is an ‘opt-in’ feature that Pro user’s can toggle ON or OFF. It is OFF by default. When toggled OFF (the default setting): As a Pro user, you get 10 requests per day for these, mostly long-chat, mo…

Pro subscription and Anthropic key: Need clarification

Here are screenshots of what I see. I could be missing something, but the logic seems clear to me: If you have a Pro subscription, then Cursor will use that If you add and enable your API Key, requests will be at your own cost The messaging in the interface is pretty clear to me. It even shows a highlighted message when you toggle your API Key on, essentially prompting you to confirm that you really want to use your own API Key. I haven’t seen any communication that says: “If you a…

Optional usage-based pricing information

Just sharing in case anyone didn’t know this feature existed. I just came across it myself now. Go to https://www.cursor.com/settings to enable optional usage-based pricing. The settings page includes pricing information and also links to: https://docs.cursor.com/get-started/usage#optional-usage-based-pricing https://www.cursor.com/pricing-history It is all communicated quite well . Screenshot below is of the relevant settings. [cursor_usage_based_pricing]

Release GPT-4o-mini

I just checked, and GPT-4o-mini counts as unlimited GPT-3.5.

Some other info you might find of interest:

https://docs.cursor.com/miscellaneous/privacy

Are requests always routed through the Cursor backend?

Yes! Even if you use your API key, your requests will still go through our backend! That’s where we do our final prompt building

https://docs.cursor.com/miscellaneous/api-keys