Claude Code is the engine, Cursor is the cockpit
The article describes how the author integrates Claude Code and Cursor into their development workflow, treating Claude Code as the primary engine for long-running, autonomous tasks and Cursor as the interface for real-time editing and design. Key practices include using a single conventions file for consistency, leveraging different models for planning and execution, and codifying repeatable workflows as skills. The author emphasizes efficiency gains from combining these tools effectively.
- ▪Claude Code serves as the engine for autonomous, long-running tasks using features like /goal and skills, while Cursor acts as the cockpit for real-time editing and design.
- ▪The author uses a single source of truth, docs/conventions.md, to maintain consistent rules across both tools and avoid conflicting instructions.
- ▪Repeatable workflows are codified as skills in Claude Code, and planning is done with a high-quality model while execution uses a cheaper, faster model to save costs.
- ▪Cursor 3's agents-first interface and low-cost cloud agents enable parallel task execution, often resulting in completed PRs by the time a meeting ends.
- ▪Both tools support project-level instructions and skills, but maintaining separate rule files leads to inconsistencies that can be avoided by centralizing conventions.
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