Cursor AI

Interacting with your Codebase

Introduction

Efficiently querying and exploring large codebases is vital for modern development workflows. In this lesson, we’ll demonstrate how to leverage Cursor AI across four core areas to boost productivity and code comprehension.

What is Cursor?

Cursor is an AI-powered code assistant that enables you to query, navigate, and understand complex codebases using natural language prompts.

We’ll cover:

  1. Codebase Q&A
    Ask direct questions about functions, classes, and architecture to get instant answers.
  2. Contextual References
    Maintain scalable context across multiple files and project directories.
  3. Web & Library Integration
    Combine local code insights with external documentation and open-source libraries.
  4. Best Practices for Querying
    Learn tips for crafting precise prompts and optimizing your AI-powered searches.

The image is an agenda slide listing four topics: Codebase Q&A, Contextual references, Web and Library integration, and Best practices for querying.

By the end of this lesson, you’ll be ready to apply Cursor effectively in your most complex development scenarios.

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