Course 03Beginner Friendly

Cursor
AI

The AI code editor that makes you dramatically faster. Learn to use Composer, Agent mode, and codebase context to ship features from natural language — even if you're not a senior dev.

8 Lessons·~2.5 Hours·Lifetime Access
What you'll build
  • +Cursor fully configured with your existing settings migrated from VS Code
  • +A .cursorrules file tailored to your codebase conventions
  • +A complete feature shipped using only Agent mode — start to finish
  • +Prompt patterns you can reuse across every project
  • +Lifetime access to course updates as Cursor adds new features

Curriculum

8 lessons. All signal.

01

Introduction & Overview

What Cursor is, what we'll build, and why this is the last code editor setup guide you'll ever need.

5 min
02

Why switch from VS Code to Cursor

A clear-eyed comparison. Cursor is built on VS Code — you keep your extensions and keybindings. We show exactly what you gain and what (little) you give up.

10 min
03

Install, config & keybindings

Download, migrate your VS Code settings, configure your AI model (Claude 3.5, GPT-4o, or local), and set up the keybindings that make Cursor feel like home.

15 min
04

Composer & Agent mode mastery

Composer is Cursor's multi-file editor. Agent mode lets it run terminal commands and fix its own errors. We build a real feature using both.

25 min
05

Writing prompts that actually work

The difference between a 10-second prompt that works and a 10-minute prompt that doesn't. Patterns, anti-patterns, and real examples across different codebases.

20 min
06

Codebase context & .cursorrules

Give Cursor the full picture: set up @codebase indexing, write a .cursorrules file that encodes your conventions, and use @docs to pull in external docs.

18 min
07

Building full features from natural language

End-to-end project: take a feature spec written in plain English and ship it — tests, types, and all — using Cursor Agent. We do it live, mistakes included.

35 min
08

Cursor + Claude Cowork power combo

The full operator stack: Cursor handles code, Claude Cowork handles knowledge work. We connect the two to build an automated dev workflow that runs itself.

22 min

Ready to code at a different speed?

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