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What is Cursor?

Cursor AI

Cursor is an AI-native code editor built on VS Code. It includes:

  • AI chat inside your editor
  • Code autocomplete with AI
  • Codebase awareness
  • One-click refactoring

Why Use Cursor?

  • Faster coding - AI helps write code
  • Better code - AI catches bugs
  • Learning - AI explains code
  • Refactoring - AI improves your code

Install

  1. Go to cursor.sh
  2. Download for your OS
  3. Import VS Code settings (optional)

→ Proceed to Lesson 2: Installation & Setup