Cursor

Guides to Cursor, the standalone code editor with a built-in agent, cloud agents and the Bugbot reviewer. Pages are written from Cursor’s own documentation and pricing pages and state the version or docs date they reflect.

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Cursor · Oct 13

Cursor student discount: current options and renewal rules

Cursor's old student discount is closed. See free access, academic credits and existing-plan renewal rules.

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Cursor · Oct 8

Cursor rules: .mdc files, AGENTS.md and scope

Choose between .cursor/rules, AGENTS.md and user rules, and check when Cursor actually includes your instructions.

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Cursor · Oct 2

Cursor or VS Code: what differs, from both vendors' docs

Cursor is built on the VS Code codebase; here is what carries over, what changes and how each handles AI agents.

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Cursor · Oct 2

Is Cursor AI safe? Security, Privacy Mode and data use

What Cursor's security page, privacy policy and docs say about your code, training and agent guardrails.

The section covers the agent and its run modes, project rules in .cursor/rules and AGENTS.md, MCP server setup, the Cursor CLI, privacy mode and the security settings for cloud agents. Plan guides explain what Hobby, Pro, Pro Plus, Ultra and Teams seats include and how usage outside Cursor’s own models is billed. For current prices see the plans tracker, and for servers with Cursor setup snippets see the MCP directory.