If you think Cursor Agent isn’t a good coder, it’s likely because you’re treating it like AGI rather than as just another developer.
Your output will be 100x better if you:
- Have an ultra-detailed readme (.cursorrules) inline commenting
- Use established frameworks w/ tons of documentation (React/Next, Tailwind, Supabase, Vercel)
- Most important: you give explicit instructions and ask them to break tasks down into separate, fully functioning PRs
- Give it breaks to clear its mind (create a fresh Composer session)
Cursor (just like a human) is only as useful as the context you provide 🤓