cursor-best-practices

Cursor Plan Mode helps you outline steps for new features and define required context before execution. You use it to plan complex workflows, ensuring context discipline and modular extension before generating code.

Cursor Rules and Skills differ in their modular extension capabilities. Rules provide persistent context guidelines, while Skills offer functional building blocks for executing specific complex agent workflows.

Effective context management in Cursor requires applying context discipline across parallel agent tasks. You must distinguish between Rules and Skills to ensure each agent receives the precise functional guidance needed.

Yes, you can use Cursor for code reviews by applying specific review workflows. This involves using parallel agents and maintaining context discipline to maximize productivity and code quality.

The best way to onboard Cursor for feature delivery is to codify functional guidance around Plan Mode, context management, and modular extension. This establishes core building blocks for faster coding workflows.

You should use parallel agents in Cursor when executing complex workflows that require multiple simultaneous tasks. This approach maximizes productivity by distributing workloads while maintaining strict context management.