5 min readUpdated Aug 6, 2026Beginner
Introduction to Cursor
Learn about Introduction to Cursor in this comprehensive lesson.
Cursor is an AI-first code editor built as a fork of VS Code. It is designed to significantly speed up your development workflow by integrating AI deeply into the IDE rather than just as a sidebar chat plugin.
- Familiar interface: If you know VS Code, you already know Cursor.
- Full codebase awareness: Cursor can index your entire repository to answer complex architecture questions.
- Inline editing: Hit Cmd+K to edit code exactly where your cursor is.
- Privacy: Cursor offers a privacy mode so your code is not stored or used for training.
Compatibility
All your VS Code extensions, themes, and keybindings work out-of-the-box in Cursor.