Cursor AI Features Explained for Testers (With a Real Testing Example for Each) | Cursor AI Tutorial

What does every Cursor AI feature actually do, and when should a tester use it? In this Cursor AI tutorial I explain each feature in plain words, with one real testing example each: manual, API, performance and automation. No specific test framework needed. This is Episode 3 of The Cursor-Powered Tester, a Cursor AI for testing series on Automate With SDET. You'll learn: ✅ Tab autocomplete for test data and payloads ✅ Inline edit (Cmd/Ctrl+K) in the editor and in the terminal ✅ The AI side panel and Ask, Plan and Agent modes, with an example for each ✅ @ context, the model picker and Auto ✅ Rules, AGENTS.md and skills, so the AI follows your test case format ✅ Reviewing diffs, checkpoints and the Browser tool ✅ Agents Window, MCP, cloud agents, Bugbot and Privacy Mode ✅ A cheat sheet: which feature for which testing job Chapters 0:00 Intro + Episode 2 recap 1:22 The Cursor feature map 1:54 Tab autocomplete (test data example) 2:28 Inline edit Cmd/Ctrl+K in the editor (bug report) 3:08 Cmd/Ctrl+K in the terminal (performance logs) 3:43 The AI side panel 4:20 Ask, Plan, Agent (and Debug) modes 4:52 Ask mode example: API spec 5:26 Plan mode example: regression plan 5:58 Agent mode example: test data CSV 6:31 @ context: files, terminals, chats, commits 7:16 Model picker and Auto 7:45 Rules and AGENTS.md 8:25 Skills: reusable prompts 8:50 Reviewing diffs 9:31 Checkpoints: undo the AI 10:02 Browser tool 10:31 Agents Window 11:03 MCP: connect your testing tools 11:41 Cloud agents 12:14 Bugbot PR reviews 12:54 Privacy Mode 13:22 Cheat sheet: which feature for which testing job 14:02 AI proposes, you verify 14:28 Recap 14:55 What's next Next episode: Prompting like a tester (Ep 4) Subscribe to Automate With SDET for the full Cursor AI for testers series. Instagram: @automatewithsdet #CursorAI #CursorAITutorial #SoftwareTesting #QA #AIinTesting #TheCursorPoweredTester #CursorAIFeatures #CursorAITutorial #CursorFeaturesExplained #HowToUseCursorAI #CursorAIBestFeatures #CursorAINewFeatures #CursorAIForBeginners #CursorAIForTesting #CursorAIForTestAutomation #CursorForTesters #CursorAgentMode #CursorPlanMode #CursorRules #AGENTSmd #CursorMCP #CursorBugbot #TheCursorPoweredTester #AIinTesting #QATesting #SoftwareTesting