Cursor Local Dev Loop

Establish a productive daily development workflow using Cursor's AI features at each stage of the code-write-test-commit cycle.

The AI-Augmented Development Loop

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  1. PLAN        →  Chat (Cmd+L) with @Codebase, @Docs      │
│  2. SCAFFOLD    →  Composer (Cmd+I) for new files           │
│  3. IMPLEMENT   →  Tab completion for line-by-line coding   │
│  4. REFINE      →  Inline Edit (Cmd+K) for targeted fixes  │
│  5. TEST        →  Chat to generate tests, terminal to run  │
│  6. COMMIT      →  AI-generated commit messages             │
│  7. REVIEW      →  @Git for branch diff review              │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Stage 1: Plan (Chat)