Cursor

What is Cursor?

Cursor is an AI-native code editor. It started from VS Code, but instead of bolting an AI assistant on top, it made the AI the point. You can describe what you want in plain English — "add a login form to this page" — and it reads your project, writes the code, and explains what it did.

How is it different from a normal editor?

The AI is the default, not a plugin
Adding an AI plugin to a regular editor is like strapping a motor onto a bike. Cursor is a car designed around the engine from day one. Completion, chat, and edits work out of the box.
It actually reads your codebase
Cursor uses your whole project as context. Ask it to change one thing and it understands which files that touches, instead of staring at a single line.

The moves you'll use every day

Tab to autocomplete
It guesses what you're about to type — a line, a block, sometimes a whole function in one go.
Cmd+K to edit in place
Select some code, describe the change in one sentence, and it rewrites it right where it is.
Chat for big changes
Open a chat panel, ask it to implement a feature across files, and it works while explaining its reasoning.

Who is it for?

New or experienced, Cursor eats the boring parts — boilerplate, looking up docs, fixing formatting. It's not writing code for you; it's freeing you up to think about what you actually want to build.

Bottom line: Cursor is a code cockpit with the AI welded in. You say what you want; it handles the construction.