AI Dev Tips - Cursor Workflows

February 20, 202403:22 PM

Note: This is not a blog, it's a semi-private digital garden with mostly first drafts that are often co-written with an LLM. Unless I shared this link with you directly, you might be missing important context or reading an outdated perspective.

See also AI Dev Tips - Prompt Patterns for more specific examples.

Command-I (Composer)

Most used
I often play a game with myself where I try and write thhe instructions so it works for the longest time possible and do the right thing. Hones my thinking. Works great with AI Dev Tips - Superwhisper and Thoughtful Silence

Command-L (Chat)

Second most used
I use this for simple Tailwind CSS changes a lot, knowing that CSS is all about clear instruction following and not chain of thought or evaluating business logic

Command-K (Inline edits)

Almost never used any more. Maybe they’re not paying attention to it much as a company any more, or maybe models just don’t do as well when they are forced to just output code.