2 min lesson
How Cursor works, feature by feature
Rebuild the sequence in "How Cursor works, feature by feature" from memory, ending with the check that proves the outcome.
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The Cursor PM role has no process layer to hide behind. Within the first few minutes, the interviewer is checking one thing: do you actually live in this product or did you read the marketing page last night?
Cursor is an AI-native editor built as a fork of VS Code. The product splits into the three things a developer does all day - completing code, changing code and asking about code - plus a context-and-config layer that decides whether any of it is trustworthy. Know each surface by the job it does, not by its name.
Interactive diagram. Tab through its regions; each focused region shows its detail in the panel below.
Top surfaces are what developers touch; everything below decides whether the output is any good.