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Chapter 2 : Cursor AI

AI Based Development With Cursor AI Code Editor​

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  • Cursor offers a basic FREE tier and premium plan trial in beginning!
  • Make use of it for learning.

Improve AI Based Development Outcomes in Cursor​

Use EasyManage Code For Grounding AI​

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Prerequisite:

  • Complete relevant (Full-Stack, DevOps and/or Cloud) EasyManage tutorials and generate code, download to your desktop.

Use Cursor and Open your project​

  • Open Cursor and select backend project folder from EasyManage generated code:
    • e.g. backend\spring-java\emapi

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Use Cursor AI to describe your project​

Give input prompt​

describe current project

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Expected Output:​

project description
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The project appears to be a modern, well-structured enterprise application with a focus on API development (both REST and GraphQL) and proper testing infrastructure. It follows microservices architecture patterns with separate modules for different concerns and includes comprehensive CI/CD setup.

Would you like me to explore any specific aspect of the project in more detail?

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Use Project Code For Grounding AI​

In Cursor, Provide context​

  • Click '@' For Add Context → via Files and Folders

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  • Give relative path for
    • app\dbrest\pom.xml
  • Then Click to Select this file as Context.

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Effective AI Grounding will offer benefits such as reducing Hallucinations and improving Accuracy & Relevance.

Extend and Customize EasyManage Code with AI Agents​

Extend project to work with Snowflake​

Goal: Extend emapi dbrest to work with snowflake

Cursor with AI Agents will allow more effective extension and customization of generated code to complete this use case.

Steps:

Give input to prompt​

enhance dbrest module to work with database snowflake

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After Generating... completes​

View Summary of what changes are made by AI

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View the files individually then

Accept at File Level

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Or project level, on right side dialog, Accept All or Reject All

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To discard all the new code generated, Optionally, go back to your input prompt and

Click Restore checkpoint

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Using Cursor AI Agents and LLMs, you can generate all code required to work with snowflake to accomplish your goal.