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Building with Cursor Agents: My Workflow
How I use AI agents in Cursor to scaffold features and refactor safely.
Cursor agents shine when you guide them well. I treat them like strong pair programmers: clear goals, small steps, fast feedback.
What works for me:
- Write a short brief with constraints (tech, style, tests).
- Let the agent propose diffs; review, then iterate.
- Keep edits small; run lints and tests after each chunk.
Good use-cases:
- Bootstrapping CRUD modules and UI scaffolds.
- Safe refactors where the agent updates imports and types consistently.
- Repetitive wiring (routes, configs, providers).
Avoid:
- Letting agents change unrelated files.
- Skipping code review—humans catch nuance.
Used well, agents raise the floor and free your time for design and tricky edge cases.