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Cursor IDE basics​

Inline chat​

The inline chat in cursor has several options for what you can do with it by first typing CTRL + K to bring up the inline chat, and then typing @ for context options.

You can also instead of asking it to generate or edit code, ask a quick question about it in the inline chat:

Adding context​

You can add context with the @ symbol as a prefix.

  • @docs: adds documentation
  • @web: tells cursor to do a web search
  • @<filename>: adds the specific file as context

Adding docs​

You can add certain websites' documentation to cursor, and cursor will index it and be able to reference it via the @docs context command. There are two ways to add documentation to certain websites you want:

  • Add when prompted to add a new documentation when typing the @docs command
  • Add in the cursor features settings.

Cursor rules​

Cursor rules are a new way to enforce coding style and give cursor additional context when you're chatting with it. There are 4 ways to create rules:

  • Rules live in the .cursor/rules folder in your workspace, and are single text .mdc file.
  • You can also create a rule in the command palette in cursor
  • You can ask cursor chat to create a rule for your project with the /Generate cursor rules slash command.
  • Go to cursor settings -> project settings -> and create rules.

Here are the 4 types of rules you can have:

Here is an example of a cursor mdc rule, where yu can add in additional file context as well with @ symbols.

---
description: RPC Service boilerplate
globs: 
alwaysApply: false
---

- Use our internal RPC pattern when defining services
- Always use snake_case for service names.

@service-template.ts

You can get a list of reusable rules for each language that makes working on your codebase even better:

title: "Cursor Directory"
image: "https://pub-abe1cd4008f5412abb77357f87d7d7bb.r2.dev/opengraph-image-v2.png"
description: "Find the best cursor rules for your framework and language"
url: "https://cursor.directory/"
favicon: ""
aspectRatio: "52.5"