Understanding of Add context in chat window & codebase indexing

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Hi there,

Love Cursor!
i am not sure if i really understand the add context in chat.
sometimes i forgot to add the file i am currently working on with cursor and still cursor seems to know the file (i mention it in chat) and can code the feature.
so it also has access to the file if i don’t mention it?
does it have access to all my files of the project, is that the codebase indexing in settings?
Or what is codebase indexing and how can i tell cursor what to index (or does it always index all my opened project?)

Thank you for clarifying

Jakob

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waiting for someone to answer this.

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Hi @jakob-gross

I think so, it can see your codebase, and even if you don’t refer to a file, it still knows everything you’ve provided to it.

You can limit access to any files or folders by using the .cursorignore file.