Cursor ai tutorial

Hi, developer!
Thank you for coming to this page! This tutorial is designed for beginners to help you get started with Cursor ai quickly and understand its AI code assistance capabilities and the technical principles behind it .

Who is this tutorial suitable for?

This tutorial is for the following readers:

✅ Developers and engineers who want to improve programming efficiency

✅ Developers who have used VS Code and want to explore Cursor AI-assisted programming

✅ Developers who are familiar with AI code assistants such as Copilot and Codeium and want to understand how Cursor provides more powerful support

Special reminder : If you only want to experience basic AI code completion without deeply learning AI programming workflows, tools such as Copilot may be more suitable for your needs. But if you want AI to deeply participate in the development process and improve code quality and development experience , Cursor ai is a better choice!

Learning path

This tutorial is divided into four modules . It is recommended to learn in order to get the best experience:

1. Download and install

Provide detailed installation and configuration instructions to ensure you can install and set up Cursor AI smoothly.

• How to download/install

• Basic configuration

• Initial Settings

• Model Settings

2. Cursor introduction

Deeply understand the functions, advantages and applicable scenarios of Cursor AI to help you better understand its value.

• What is Cursor AI?

• Cursor AI usage scenarios

• Cursor AI core features

• Cursor AI Pricing Plan

• Cursor AI Login/Register

• Cursor AI interface introduction

• Cursor AI shortcut keys

• Cursor AI Three AI modes

3. Skills: Permanent free use strategy

Provide some tips and suggestions to take advantage of the power of Cursor AI in the free version.

• Delete the account and register again

• Unlimited email registration account

• Machine code reset

• Trial Reset Tool

4. Advanced: Practical examples of the project

Shows how to apply Cursor AI in real projects to help you solve various problems in development more efficiently.

• Generate professional Git Commit Message

• Build iOS apps

• Guide to Building WordPress Block Theme

• Cursor + Stripe Make your app profitable

• Improve Cursor AI productivity with mCP

• Building a personalized Linktree with Cursor AI

5. Strategy: AI in-depth participation in development

Demonstrate use cases to demonstrate how Cursor AI can be used efficiently to improve development efficiency.

• How to use Cursor AI: 10 use cases

• Inline code generation

• Interact with existing code

• Ask questions about existing code

• Automatically complete with Tab

• Chat interface overview

• Generate code through chat

• Use @ to enhance query context

• Global code base query

• Image support

• Add a document

How to learn?

The best way to learn is practice + feedback :
Try built-in examples: Cursor ai provides preset examples that allow you to experience AI-assisted programming directly.
Follow this tutorial step by step, not only learn functions, but also understand the operating mechanism behind AI.

Tutorial Design Instructions

This tutorial will not only introduce the core functions of Cursor ai , but also explain the key technologies behind AI programming assistants, such as:
Big Language Model (LLM)
Code context optimization intelligent completion mechanism

Whether you are a beginner or an experienced developer, I hope this tutorial will help you use Cursor ai more efficiently!