The outcome
Improve codebase-aware answers without flooding the session.
Step by step
A workflow you can repeat.
- 01
Start from one repository and one concrete task rather than several projects.
- 02
Point to authoritative files: architecture notes, schemas, types, tests, and established examples.
- 03
Ask Cursor to state which files it used and what assumptions it made.
- 04
Correct a wrong assumption immediately and keep enduring conventions in project documentation.
- 05
Start a new thread after a major task boundary so stale context does not drive the next change.
Working standard
What good use looks like.
- Prefer authoritative files over broad context.
- Keep project rules short and testable.
- Verify references after renames.
Official references