cursor-best-practices

Best practices for working with Cursor to maximize productivity and code quality. For detailed guidance, see: - 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 - 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/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