Comment by cootsnuck

This! I've been using Cursor regularly since late 2023. It's all about building up effective resources to tactfully inject into prompts as needed. I'll even give it sample API responses in addition to API docs. Sometimes I'll have it first distill API docs down into a more tangible implementation guide and then save that as a file in the codebase.

I think I'm just a naturally verbose person by default, and I'm starting to think that has been very helpful in me getting a lot out of my use of LLMs and various LLM tools over the past 2+ years.

I treat them like the improv actors they are and always do the up front work to create (with their assistance) the necessary broader context and grounding necessary for them to do their "improv" as accurately as possible.

I honestly don't use them with the immediate assumption I'll save time (although that happens almost all the time), I use them because they help me tame my thoughts and focus my efforts. And that in and of itself saves me time.