1 min lesson
What to get right: Cursor harness
Use the evidence to decide "Which situation calls for Cursor harness?" Explain the choice plainly.
Step 1 of 3
Done means you can name what the harness adds over a raw API call and say why the same model runs better and cheaper through it.
This comes up when someone claims Cursor is just a wrapper around a model API key. Get the distinction right before you act on it.
Where this fits
- Entry point
- Any agent run; a comparison against a raw API call
- Source
- Cursor field-engineering sessions on the harness, token efficiency and dynamic context discoveryThe agent pulling only the relevant parts of files, tools and MCP servers into context as needed, instead of loading everything up front. Press Enter for the full definition.
Use the source as the product reference.