Learn Cursor
Clear, current guides to the Cursor AI code editor — written from hands-on use, checked against Cursor’s docs, and updated as Cursor ships. Start with a pillar, or jump straight to a popular guide.
Start with a pillar
Start here. What Cursor is, how it works, the Ask/Agent/Composer mental model, key shortcuts, and how to feed it context — the foundation for using Cursor well.
How to drive Cursor's agent well: Agent mode, Plan Mode, background and parallel agents, and the prompting and context habits that make autonomous edits reliable.
What Cursor rules are, the modern .cursor/rules/*.mdc format (vs the deprecated .cursorrules), how to scope them, anti-patterns, and why Cursor sometimes ignores them.
How engineering teams adopt Cursor safely and measurably: onboarding, an AI-coding policy, ROI measurement, and the security controls (SOC 2, Privacy Mode, ZDR, SSO) that pass review.
Most-read guides
A plain, current breakdown of Cursor's plans and the credit/compute model: what Free, Pro, Pro+, Ultra, Teams, and Enterprise include, and why your real bill can differ from the sticker price.
What's the difference between Ask, Agent, and Composer in Cursor? A clear decision model for which interaction surface to use for each kind of task.
Cursor seems to forget what you told it or repeats mistakes? That's a context problem, not a bug. Here's how context windows work and the habits that keep the agent on track.
A current, honest comparison of Cursor and GitHub Copilot — editor model, agent capability, pricing, and enterprise controls — with a clear verdict on which fits which team.
Also: comparisons, industry guides, glossary, and the FAQ.