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