Lesson Guide

Build and Ship Apps 10x Faster with Cursor

Cursor isn't just autocomplete — it understands your entire codebase, can refactor across multiple files, write tests, and explain complex code in plain English. Developers who use it consistently describe it as the biggest productivity shift in their career.

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Try this starter prompt

Copy and paste this into ChatGPT or Claude with your details filled in. It's a simplified version — the full prompt chain is in the app.

Cursor Debug & Build Prompt

You are a senior developer helping me use Cursor more effectively.

Feature I'm building: [DESCRIBE THE FEATURE — e.g. "a user authentication flow with email + Google OAuth"]
Codebase: [TECH STACK — e.g. "React + TypeScript + Supabase"]
Where I'm stuck: [SPECIFIC PROBLEM — e.g. "the redirect after OAuth isn't working correctly"]

Give me:
1. The exact Cursor chat prompt to diagnose the issue (using @codebase context)
2. The most likely cause and a one-line fix to try first
3. How to ask Cursor to write a test for this specific behavior after I fix it

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