cursor-best-practices

toolingsiviter-xyz

Best practices for working with Cursor. Use when learning how to effectively use Cursor features or optimizing your workflow.

Install

npx skills add https://github.com/siviter-xyz/dot-agent --skill cursor-best-practices

SKILL.md

---name: cursor-best-practicesdescription: Best practices for working with Cursor. Use when learning how to effectively use Cursor features or optimizing your workflow.---

Cursor Best Practices

Best practices for working with Cursor to maximize productivity and code quality.

Core Principles

Start with plans - Use Plan Mode (Shift+Tab) for complex tasks
Manage context effectively - Let agent find context, start new conversations when needed
Extend the agent - Use Rules for static context, Skills for dynamic capabilities
Review carefully - AI-generated code needs review like human code

Key Workflows

Test-driven development - Write tests first, iterate until passing
Codebase understanding - Use agent to explore and learn codebases
Git workflows - Automate common git operations with commands
Parallel agents - Run multiple agents simultaneously for comparison

References

For detailed guidance, see:

references/planning.md - Plan mode and starting with plans
references/context.md - Managing context and conversations
references/extending.md - Rules vs Skills, extending agent
references/workflows.md - TDD, codebase understanding, git workflows
references/reviewing.md - Code review strategies
references/parallel-agents.md - Running agents in parallel

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