So, I opened a github repo I just cloned with Cursor and I can’t find any of the AI features in the Cursor UX easily. Everything seems hidden. There’s nothing under View, Window, etc … this seems terrible. Why force people to open the command palette and search for “cursor” commands that way? Shouldn’t the Chat and other controls for (for example) calculating embeddings for the repo etc be top level citizens in this AI forward editor?
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Hi @aathan
What specific features are you talking about? Everything you need is already right in front of you.
open cursor. visit a directory that contains source code. think to yourself, I want to talk to the ai.
not a single indication it exists.
what am I missing?
or, open cursor. desire to start a project in an empty dir. want to ask the ai to create a golang project for you. where to do it?
not a single hint how to get started.
am I wrong in the observation that none of the ai features, not even the chat, inhabit a menu item?
I think you’re right that there’s no mention of AI features in the menu items in Cursor. However, when you open it for the first time, a tutorial also opens, offering a step-by-step guide. There’s also a demonstration of Cursor’s features on our website:
The feedback I am attempting to provide is that cursor presents a blank wall to users. This is anyithetical to the very purpose of the AI. Give users a thread to pull on. I for sure stopped using it weeks ago when I first installed it because the barrier to entry was higher than my time budget, irrespective of any first launch helpers
at the very least why not put the tutorial into the help meny as a first class menu entry?
Consider also giving people an on ramp to starting projects with AI.
“what if the project has zero files in it?”
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