Agent skill · software engineering · jeremylongshore
cursor-ai-chat
Master Cursor AI Chat with @-mentions, inline edit, and conversation
Why this skill is useful
Adds specific inline editing commands and context-based chat patterns that enhance code assistance capabilities.
What it needs
About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 2,604 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Cursor AI Chat Overview Use Chat to reason about a bounded question or planned change while preserving human ownership of decisions, edits, review, and validation. Prerequisites Approved privacy/model settings and a workspace with sensitive paths excluded. A clear question, relevant non-sensitive files, and the project's test/review expectations. Instructions 1. Start a topic-scoped chat and attach only the files needed for the question. 2. Ask for assumptions, tradeoffs, and a testable proposal rather than accepting generated code blindly. 3. Verify suggestions against source, tests, security controls, and a human code review. 4. Start a new conversation when context becomes stale or the topic changes. Output A bounded explanation or proposal with assumptions, affected files, and validation steps. Error Handling Condition Safe response --- --- Answer contradicts repository facts Inspect the source and restate the question with the correct files. Conversation loses context Start a new scoped chat; do not compensate by attaching the entire repository. Prompt includes sensitive material Remove it and follow the exposure process before continuing. Examples Ask Chat to compare SSE and WebSockets for the stated service, attaching only the API contract and architecture note. Require it to list assumptions and a rollout/rollback test plan; then review the proposal before authoring any change. Master the Cursor AI Chat panel and inline edit for code assistance, debugging, and exploration. Core Chat Interfaces Chat Panel (Cmd+L / Ctrl+L) The side-panel chat for conversational code assistance: Key actions: Select code in editor, then Cmd+L to add selection as context Cmd+Shift+L adds selection to existing chat without clearing Click model name in top-right to switch models mid-conversation Inline Edit (Cmd+K / Ctrl+K) Surgical edits within the editor. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills jeremylongshore/cursor-ai-chat