Cursor Tutorial for Inexperienced persons from Cursor’s Head of AI Training

Expensive subscribers,

Right now, I wish to share a brand new episode with Lee Robinson.

Lee is the pinnacle of AI training at Cursor and a legend in his area. Whereas most individuals are nonetheless vibe coding, Lee confirmed me methods to construct apps correctly utilizing planning, test-driven growth, AI agent workflows, and extra. This can be a must-watch for those who’re a newbie who needs to learn to construct with AI the proper means.

Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.

Lee and I talked about:

• (00:00) How the way in which we construct software program is basically altering

• (03:49) Reside demo: Constructing a music monitoring app with Cursor

• (5:17) The crucial setup part most individuals skip (checks, git, linting)

• (16:03) Foreground vs background brokers and when to make use of every

• (27:34) The right way to create cursor guidelines that compound your workflows

• (37:31) Why skilled engineers should not worry AI instruments

• (42:19) Important recommendation for PMs who wish to study technical abilities

• (44:48) How Cursor builds merchandise with none PM

• (47:18) The way forward for generalist engineers in an AI world

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1. Ask AI to incorporate checks in your immediate. Assessments give the AI a self-verifying loop. Simply embrace this line in your immediate or plan: “Add unit checks for enterprise logic, e2e checks for core person journeys.”

2. Write detailed technical necessities upfront. Work with AI to create a technical plan upfront together with necessities, design preferences, and most well-liked tech stack. You must also embrace directions for AI to make use of checks and Git. Right here’s the precise immediate that Lee used to create a plan for a music listening habits app:

Let’s construct an internet app to trace music listening and report stats on high artists and songs.

Assist me assume by way of methods to break this into iterative items and write a http://plan.md.

Necessities:
1. Add unit checks for enterprise logic, e2e checks for core person journeys
2. Use git and pnpm, use descriptive commits

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