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Video course · 15 chapters · 53 min · certificate

Cursor Essentials: Beginner’s Guide to AI-Powered Coding in VS Code

Brad Traversy's Cursor crash course: what Cursor is, pricing, context and settings, agent vs ask mode, rules, tab completion, inline edits and chat on an existing project, then vibe-coding a SaaS landing page, keeping a changelog, a Lighthouse check, and building a Next.js markdown resume app with project context, rules and PDF export.

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What you'll learn

  • Understand Cursor, its pricing and settings
  • Choose between agent and ask modes and models
  • Write user and project rules
  • Use tab completion, inline edits and chat on existing code
  • Generate and iterate on projects from scratch
  • Structure larger builds with context files, rules and changelogs

Chapters

15 chapters · 52:41
  1. 3:59 01Intro Members What is Cursor? VS Code with AI built in.
  2. 2:59 02Pricing Members Cursor pricing It keeps changing.
  3. 1:32 03Settings Members Context and settings Focus the AI.
  4. 3:21 04Modes Members Agent vs ask mode and models Agent 95% of the time.
  5. 3:27 05Rules Members Rules and existing projects Guide the AI.
  6. 3:44 06Tab Members Tab completion Predictive edits.
  7. 3:52 07Inline Members Inline AI edit Cmd+K.
  8. 2:50 08Chat Members Chat interface and quick questions Context-aware chat.
  9. 4:36 09Vibe coding Members Generating projects from scratch One-shot a page.
  10. 4:11 10Iterate Members Follow-up changes Review the code.
  11. 2:34 11Quality Members Keeping a changelog and Lighthouse Track and measure.
  12. 2:38 12Context Members Project context file Your vision.
  13. 2:37 13Rules Members Adding project rules Best practices.
  14. 7:30 14Build Members Creating the Next.js project Resume builder.
  15. 2:51 15Export Members Adding PDF export Ship a feature.