Understanding Cursor's AI feature

[commander]

1. If I describe what I want to do to the cursor, can it write me code?

2. If I upload the code I generated with ChatGPT / Claude to Cursor, can Cursor see and fix errors?

[litecode]

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 here:

https://www.cursor.com/features

Cursor’s official Docs are here:

https://docs.cursor.com

The docs are also on GitHub:

https://github.com/getcursor/docs

Cursor includes built in AI functionality.

This functionality is accessed in several ways.

When you have a file open in Cursor, you can press one of several different key combinations to access different functionality.

These are:

1. Ctrl + K for in-file code generation
2. Ctrl + L to open up an AI chat panel in the sidebar
3. Ctrl + I to create and edit code across multiple files

You can select two different ‘modes’ in Ctrl + L:

• Normal
• Interpreter

Interpreter mode generates executable Python code that can be run on your local file system.

You can also press Ctrl + K in the terminal within Cursor to generate terminal commands from natural language prompts.

I only found Cursor three weeks ago myself, but have been a fan ever since.

I have created some other posts which try to outline Cursor’s features to newcomers:

Cursor feature summary for colleagues (with annotated screenshots)

Hello, I just thought I would share some text and annotated screenshots I have recently used when telling colleagues about Cursor. I find documenting things is a good way to learn them quickly. I only started using Cursor last weekend, and I normally use Sublime Text, so it is all very new to me at the moment. But I thought I would share these resources in case it saves you some time when telling your colleagues about it. The official ‘features’ page is here: https://www.cursor.com/feature…

Comprehensive and Succinct List of Cursor Features

Hello, I started using Cursor last weekend, and I was working on a Google Sheet of Cursor features for my own reference. I thought my research might assist others learning how to use Cursor. So I published the Google Sheet as a web page, but that removed the sorting and filtering functionality. So I’ve created a GitHub Pages site that retains the sorting and filtering features: https://litecodeai.github.io/cursorfeatures I will keep adding to it over the coming weeks, make it more user fri…

Separate the visual UI inlay hints into multiple togglable options

Hi @ryunuck, I did this test when running Cursor 0.39.0: Confirmed that Show chat/edit tooltip setting was OFF Made some edits to see if the various ‘Cursor Tab’ features were working Attached are screenshots of: The Show chat/edit tooltip setting turned to OFF Various ‘Cursor Tab’ functionality still being present, ie: Code Generation Multi-Line Edits Smart Rewrites Cursor Prediction Toolbar settings for ‘Cursor Tab’ in bottom-right of screen I must admit, however, that…

Multi-file edits - 0.37 update

@smaccoun Here is a simple demonstration of what is possible in Composer, in case you were still wondering. I entered this prompt in Composer: I want to demonstrate the multiple file editing capabilities of the new Composer feature in Cursor (the fork of VS Code). Plese create a folder called ‘TestHTMLSite’ that contains an index.html file and css and js folders that contain the code required to create a simple HTML website. Add any simple JS functionality that you think would be cool. Th…

Here are some videos about Cursor as well:

ALL ROADS LEAD to AI CODING: Cursor, Aider in the browser, Multi file Prompting
(20 mins, IndyDevDan)

Cursor - an AI-powered VSCode fork
(12 mins, Jeffrey Codes)

Cursor IDE deep dive and why it is the best tool for coding
(26 mins, echohive)

Cursor - The AI-first Code Editor
(8 mins, AI Tube)

How to use Interpreter Mode and Terminal Commands in Cursor
(5 mins, echohive)

I am away from the computer at the moment, but hopefully this explanation and these posts and videos will give you a good idea of what Cursor is capable of.