Is there a way to configure Cursor so that it can access or interact with the terminal directly?

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Hi @Sam-Forum ,

I personally haven’t been following the video tutorials that have been created on YouTube recently, but I know a lot have been added.

The Cursor Docs have recently been added to GitHub so I imagine their content will grow in the coming weeks:

https://docs.cursor.com

https://github.com/getcursor/docs

You can also view the features page here:

https://www.cursor.com/features

Here is a post that provides some introductory information:

Understanding Cursor's AI feature

Hi @commander , In response to your questions - yes and yes. Below is some more detail. Cursor is a fork of VS Code. VS Code is a Code Editor by Microsoft: https://code.visualstudio.com/ The company who created Cursor are Anysphere: https://anysphere.inc/ Anysphere received some funding from OpenAI, the company behind Chat GPT: https://anysphere.inc/blog/openai-fund Update - they recently raised some more funds: https://www.cursor.com/blog/series-a Cursor’s official Features page is…

In terms of the scope of functionality available in Cursor, there are three main features:

• Ctrl + K for in-file code generation (docs)

• Ctrl + L to open up an AI chat panel in the sidebar (docs)

• Ctrl + I (Composer) to create and edit code across multiple files

So you could test all of that functionality by taking the following steps:

1. Create a folder in your Documents folder called myGreatProject

2. Open that folder in Cursor

Ctrl + I:

3. Press Ctrl + I to open up Composer and give it a prompt like:

Please create a simple HTML site with an index.html file and CSS and JS folders that contains fun JavaScript functionality and a bold blue color scheme that documents the adventures and victories of a super hero named Sam traversing the mountainous terrain of Chile!

4. Press the Apply All and then Accept All buttons to accept the code

Note that there are some bugs with Composer at the moment, so YMMV.

Ctrl + K:

5. Open the generated JavaScript file, highlight some code, press Ctrl + K and either ask it something about the code or ask it to change the code in some way

Ctrl + L:

6. Press Ctrl + L to display the AI Chat in the sidebar and have larger conversations - choose your desired model and use the @ Symbols feature to add different types of context to your chat, from individual files to the whole codebase

Other frequently used places within Cursor are:

• Cursor Settings (Ctrl + Shift + J)
• System Information (Help > About)

Hopefully these tips will assist you in getting started!

A few other tips in regards to requests:

• Remember that the gpt-4o-mini model is considered a ‘non-premium’ model, so use that for small tasks to save your ‘fast-premium’ requests:

Release GPT-4o-mini

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

• Pro users get an additional 10 ‘long-chat’ model requests per day, as defined when logged in at https://www.cursor.com/settings , so take advantage of them

Screenshots

The screenshots below are of the various actions that were mentioned above.

Screenshot 01 - Composer

Screenshot 02 - Composer Response

Screenshot 03 - Generated Site

Screenshot 04 - Composer Iteration

Screenshot 05 - New Generated Site

Screenshot 06 - Ctrl + K

Screenshot 07 - Ctrl + L

Screenshot 08 - Cursor Settings