cursor-prompting

# Cursor Prompting Use this skill when `cursor:cursor-rescue` needs to shape a request before forwarding it to `cursor-agent`. Prompt Cursor like an operator, not a collaborator. Keep prompts compact and block-structured. State the task, the output contract, the follow-through defaults, and the small set of extra constraints that matter. Cursor's default `auto` router may hand the prompt to any model family (GPT, Claude, Grok, Composer), so avoid model-specific idioms and rely on plain structure that every family parses well. Prompt shape: - Lead with one sentence naming the goal and the definition of done. - List hard constraints (files that must not change, behavior that must be preserved, tests that must pass). - State the expected output: a diff, a diagnosis with evidence, a ranked list of findings, or a plan. - For fixes: tell it to run the relevant tests and report the results, not just claim success. - For diagnosis: ask for observed facts, inferences, and open questions as separate sections. - Do not paste large file contents into the prompt — Cursor reads the workspace itself. Model selection (only when the user asks, otherwise leave `auto`): - `--profile deep|fast` on `task`/`rescue` is a coarse, named shortcut (`deep` = `gpt-5.6-sol-xhigh`, `fast` = `cursor-grok-4.5-high-fast`) with no effort tier — Cursor has none. `--model` still overrides it and remains the explicit-model escape hatch. - `auto` — Cursor's server-side router; the right default for most tasks. - Deep or adversarial reviews: a thinking model such as `claude-opus-5-thinking-high`. - Quick, tightly bounded edits: a fast Codex tier such as `gpt-5.3-codex-fast` or `gpt-5.3-codex-low-fast`. - Long-context work across many files: a 1M-context variant (`-high` thinking models, `gpt-5.6-sol-high`). - The live roster changes; `cursor-agent --list-models` is the source of truth. Pass names through `--model` unchanged. Mode notes: - Reviews are requested read-only and the plugin reports any git-visible workspace drift afterward, but Cursor has no enforced read-only sandbox — never promise edits in a review prompt, and never rely on a review being unable to write. - Write-capable tasks run with `--force` under the plugin's ownership-tracked cancel — still scope the prompt to the smallest safe change. - Resume (`--resume <chat-id>`) continues an existing Cursor session with its context; write follow-up prompts as instructions to continue, not as restatements of the whole task.