Demo Profiles and Features

Profiles in Cursor let you create isolated environments—each with its own extensions, themes, keybindings, and privacy settings—so you can effortlessly switch between personal, work, or any other context.

1. Navigating to Profiles

1. Open Settings > Profiles in Cursor.
2. Review your list of profiles:
   • default: automatically applied to new windows, containing your standard settings, extensions, and recent workspaces.
   • Any additional profiles you’ve created.

Below, the default profile displays installed extensions like Pylance and Python, along with your recent project folders.

2. Creating a New Profile

Click Create Profile to start a fresh environment—e.g., “KodeKloud.” You can:

• Copy settings, extensions, and keybindings from an existing profile
• Or select only the items you need and build from scratch

3. Benefits of Multiple Profiles

Switching profiles isolates your workflow, so you maintain separate configurations for each project or task.

4. Customizing Cursor Settings per Profile

Select a profile and open Cursor Settings to enable or disable AI features. The signed-in account appears at the top—you can log out and switch accounts anytime.

4.1 Importing from VS Code

Leverage your existing Visual Studio Code configuration:

• Extensions
• Settings
• Keybindings

This import retains your familiar environment and speeds up onboarding.

4.2 Editor Settings: User vs. Workspace

Editor settings apply at two levels:

• User: global preferences
• Workspace: project-specific overrides

For example, adjust font family or tab size for one project without impacting others.

4.3 Cursor-Specific Settings

Under Cursor AI > Full Settings, toggle features unique to Cursor:

• Composer
• File Picker
• Command Center
• And more

Disabling Languages

Exclude file types from AI processing, such as Plain Text or sensitive YAML:

4.4 Git Integration & Notifications

• Index Git History: Allow Cursor AI to learn your repo’s structure and relationships.
• Private Mode: Turn off Git indexing for private repositories.
• Notification Toasts: Choose where AI suggestions and alerts appear.

5. Other Key Settings

5.1 Editor Behaviors

• Auto indent
• Auto closing brackets
• Bracket pair colorization

5.2 Diff Editor

Customize diff views:

• Enable or disable CodeLens
• Select diff algorithm
• Choose inline or side-by-side layout

5.3 Window Management

Control how files and folders open:

• New windows
• Reuse existing windows
• Open without arguments

5.4 Language-Specific Extensions

Set extension behavior per language to enforce linting, formatting, or custom rules.

5.5 Search and View

Adjust search options:

• Action bar position
• Collapse/expand behavior
• Default view mode

5.6 Chat Features

Enable or disable:

• Command Center
• Editing preferences
• Chat UI options

6. Experimental, Security, & Workspace Trust

6.1 Experimental Features

Try cutting-edge options like renderer profiling and shell environment timeouts:

6.2 Security Settings

Manage workspace trust and URI handling in line with VS Code’s security model:

7. Best Practices for Profiles

• Spend 10–15 minutes exploring settings after installation or update.
• Create separate profiles for Work, Personal, and Side Projects.
• Delete stale profiles and start fresh when configurations become cluttered.

By following these steps, you’ll harness the full power of Cursor’s Profiles and Features to streamline your development workflows.