How to use cursor to learn the code in a new project

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Hey ,I’m new to cursor. I wanna know how to use cursor to learn the code in a new project （such as a project in github）, what is the whole procedure ?

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use ctrl+i to open compact then @codebase enter . or you can choose agent mode you just need to write the question

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Hey, welcome to the Cursor forums!

The best way to learn about a Code project is using the chat! Once you have downloaded a project from GitHub, and opened it in Cursor, you can use the chat to ask any questions about the code, such as “explain this code to me” or “what does this file do?”.

By default, the chat can see the file you are looking at currently, but you can use the @ symbol in the chat to add more files or other context for the AI to use in its response.

For a crash course, I recommend checking out some tutorials on YouTube which may help you learn Cursor’s basics quickly, and then feel free to ask questions on the forum to learn how to do specific things!

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Thanks a lot!