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Drill: spec-to-prototype rep

Put this idea into your own words: "Reading about the prototype loop will not get you through the onsite."

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Reading about the prototype loop will not get you through the onsite. Reps will. This is a timed drill you can run end to end in an evening, then again until it is muscle memory.

Pick a real Cursor gap you have felt as a user - a paper cut in Tab, a missing affordance in Agent, a rough edge in how chat shows multi-file edits. The fact that you can name a real pain is itself the product judgment the loop rewards.

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The 90-Minute Rep

THE 90-MINUTE REP

Interactive diagram. Step through it with the Next and Previous controls below, or Tab to a region to read its detail.

diagram: flow

One gate: the demo has to run cold in under two minutes before the rep counts as done.