Cursor AI Chat

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Cursor conversation
• Chat with cursor

Example prompts

• “cursor chat”
• “cursor ai chat”
• “ask cursor”
• “/cursor-ai-chat”

Requirements

• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Bash(cmd:*)

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Start a topic-scoped chat and attach only the files needed for the question.
2. 2Ask for assumptions, tradeoffs, and a testable proposal rather than accepting generated code blindly.
3. 3Verify suggestions against source, tests, security controls, and a human code review.
4. 4Start a new conversation when context becomes stale or the topic changes.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Write
  • Edit
  • Bash(cmd:*)

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • cursor

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

  • react.dev

  Also links to:

  • docs.cursor.com

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

• Compatibility

  Designed for Claude Code

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Cursor AI Chat loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 674 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~55

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.9k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~2.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 674 words, ~1,914 tokens.

name

cursor-ai-chat

description

Master Cursor AI Chat with @-mentions, inline edit, and conversation patterns. Triggers on "cursor chat", "cursor ai chat", "ask cursor", "cursor conversation", "chat with cursor", "Cmd+L", "inline edit".

allowed-tools

Read, Write, Edit, Bash(cmd:*)

compatibility

Designed for Claude Code

version

1.19.0

license

MIT

author

Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

tags

saas, cursor, cursor-ai

┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│  Chat                     [M]   │  ← Model selector
│─────────────────────────────────│
│  Context Pills:                 │
│  [main.ts] [utils/] [@Web]      │  ← Active context shown as pills
│─────────────────────────────────│
│  User: Explain the auth flow    │
│  in @src/auth/middleware.ts     │
│                                 │
│  AI: The middleware checks...   │
│─────────────────────────────────│
│  [Type message...]    [Send]    │
└─────────────────────────────────┘

Selected: function calculateTotal(items) { ... }

Prompt: "Add TypeScript types and handle empty array edge case"

Result: Cursor shows diff inline -- green for additions, red for removals.
        Press Cmd+Y to accept, Esc to reject.

@src/api/orders.ts @src/types/order.ts

The createOrder function doesn't validate the shipping address.
Add Zod validation that checks: street, city, state (2-letter), zip (5 or 9 digit).
Throw a typed ValidationError if invalid.

@src/api/users.ts

Create a new file src/api/products.ts following the exact same pattern
as the users API. CRUD endpoints, same error handling, same response format.
Product fields: id, name, price (cents), category, createdAt.

@src/hooks/useAuth.ts @Lint Errors

The useAuth hook causes an infinite re-render loop when the token expires.
The useEffect fires repeatedly. What's the root cause and how do I fix the
dependency array?

@src/components/ @src/api/

I need to add real-time notifications. The app uses REST APIs currently.
Should I add WebSockets, SSE, or polling? Consider the existing architecture
shown in these directories.

© jeremylongshore, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (references) in skills/.curated/cursor-ai-chat of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

• SKILL.md
• references/effective-chat-patterns.md
• references/errors.md
• references/examples.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287