1 min lesson
The five-layer delivery system
Use the evidence to decide "Which statement correctly describes Cursor's relationship to the five layers?" Explain the choice plainly.
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Every large engineering org runs a delivery system, whether or not anyone has drawn it. You can break it into five layers. Four are flow: work moving from idea to running software. The fifth is a control plane that spans the other four. Carry this lens all week. In any customer environment you map their tools onto the layers and ask one question of each: does Cursor make this layer better or is this a layer I must not touch?
Interactive diagram. Step through it with the Next and Previous controls below, or Tab to a region to read its detail.
Layers 1–4 are flow: value, engineering, release, operations. Layer 5 is the control plane (separation of duties, ITGC, audit, access) spanning all four. Cursor improves 1–4 and must respect 5.