How Senior Developers Turn Cursor Into a Production-Grade AI Agent

This guide transforms your Cursor workflow from simple chatting to advanced orchestration. You will learn how to: - Structure project intelligence using modular .mdc Rules. - Replace deprecated Custom Modes with powerful Slash Commands. - Delegate complex architectural tasks to Subagents and Skills. - Implement the "Two-Pass Protocol" (Maker vs. Checker) to drastically reduce AI hallucinations and enforce strict engineering standards.