Mohamed Abbas | Architect Magento | Tech Blogger | Magento Trainer
Architect Magento | Tech Blogger | Magento Trainer
Mohamed Abbas
Architect Magento | Tech Blogger | Magento Trainer
Cursor AI: The AI Code Editor That Actually Understands You
If you haven’t tried Cursor yet, you’ve probably heard the hype: “It’s like VS Code, but with a super-smart AI built in.”
While that’s technically true, it dramatically understates how powerful Cursor has become in 2025. Check below the three flagship features that developers can’t stop talking about , and why they’re legitimately transforming the way we write software.
1.AI-Powered Code Generation (That Actually Works)
Most AI tools give you small code snippets. Cursor does something very different: it can build entire features for you, often in one go. Just describe what you need in plain English, for example:
“Build a user login system with email, password, and protected pages.”
Press Cmd+K (or Ctrl+K), and in seconds Cursor creates:
- All the necessary files and folders
- Registration and login logic
- Secure password handling and session management
- Ready-to-run setup (including database and Docker files if needed).
Best of all? It matches the style and structure of your existing project perfectly, because Cursor actually understands your whole codebase.
Tasks that used to take hours (or even a full day) now take minutes. Many solo developers and small teams say they’re development work 3–5× faster thanks to this one feature.
2. Built-in Code Review & Coding Standards
Cursor acts like a tireless senior developer sitting next to you, it catches every standards violation in real time while you’re typing. Set your team’s rules once (Magento 2, PSR-12, Laravel, Pint, Symfony, or fully custom rulesets), and Cursor becomes your 24/7
standards guardian:
- Missing or incorrect copyright header? → Highlighted instantly
- Direct ObjectManager usage in Magento? → Flagged with explanation and suggested DI fix
- Wrong or missing PHPDoc @var/@return/@param? → Shows exact error and correct format
- CamelCase violation ($user_data instead of $userData)? → Underlined with one-click “Apply Fix” suggestion
Braces on the wrong line, wrong indentation, space vs tab? → Immediately marked so you fix it before committing You write naturally. Cursor relentlessly points out every deviation the moment it happens, nothing slips through.
It doesn’t silently fix everything for you, it catches everything for you. That alone changes the game.
3. Context-Aware Help (The Real Magic)
This is what truly separates Cursor from every other AI coding tool, especially in complex ecosystems like Magento 2.
Cursor doesn’t just look at the single file you have open. It builds and constantly updates a full index of your entire Magento project, hundreds or thousands of files: modules, themes, patches, composer packages, di.xml preferences, layout XML, Knockout templates, UI components, GraphQL schemas, etc.
So when you highlight a piece of code and ask:
“Refactor this legacy payment method to use the new Vault system and follow our team’s Magento Coding Standard + our custom module architecture”
Cursor already knows:
- Your module lives under app/code/Acme/Payment or app/design/frontend/Acme/default
- You disabled ObjectManager direct usage and enforce factory/proxy injection
- Your preferred way of extending checkout (LayoutProcessor vs. mixins vs. plugins)
- Your team’s PHPDoc style, event naming conventions, and translation patterns
- That you use UI components with custom Knockout bindings + RequireJS fallbacks
- Your current Magento version, applied patches, and custom preferences in di.xml
Result: It doesn’t spit out generic Magento tutorials, it generates code that drops straight into your codebase perfectly:
- Correct namespace and folder structure
- Proper plugin/interceptor or preference usage
- Correct event names you actually dispatch
- PHPDoc blocks that match your team’s exact format
Cursor is the first (and only) AI tool that actually understands your entire Magento codebase like a senior architect who’s been on the project for years.
4. Low-Level Design (LLD) Planning for Magento
Low-Level Design (LLD) in Magento 2 is implemented by crafting a granular blueprint that maps high-level requirements to executable code structures, leveraging Magento’s modular architecture, dependency injection, and extensibility patterns. Developers begin by decomposing features into custom modules (e.g., Vendor/Module), outlining class hierarchies via UML diagrams for models, repositories, controllers, and services, and specifying interventions like plugins for method interception or observers for events (e.g., sales_order_save_after). Database schemas are detailed using declarative XML (db_schema.xml) for EAV attributes or flat tables, alongside setup patches for migrations; API contracts are defined in webapi.xml with service interfaces, while frontend elements involve layout XML, UI components, and KnockoutJS bindings. This phase ensures upgrade compatibility by avoiding core modifications and prioritizing preferences only for unavoidable overrides, culminating in a document that guides parallel implementation across teams.
With Cursor AI, an AI-powered code editor forked from VS Code, LLD implementation accelerates through intelligent assistance tailored to Magento 2’s complexity, enabling “vibe coding” for rapid prototyping and refinement. By integrating Magento-specific extensions like Magento Toolbox for code generation and inspections, or MCP servers for AI-Magento interactions, developers prompt Cursor’s Agent to auto-generate module skeletons, suggest best-practice plugins/observers based on repository rules in .cursor/rules (enforcing naming, security, and DI standards), and embed codebase context for accurate schema or API designs. Features like Composer mode delegate iterative tasks, e.g., “Refactor this observer for scalability with Redis caching” while test-driven prompts generate PHPUnit suites upfront, reducing errors and fostering higher-level architectural focus, ultimately slashing design-to-code time in large-scale eCommerce projects.
Cursor isn’t just another Copilot-style autocomplete. It’s becoming a true pair programmer that:
- Writes production-grade code from natural language.
- Catches and fixes bugs faster than most senior engineers.
- Understands your entire project like a team member who’s been there for months
For solo developers, it’s a massive force multiplier.
For teams, it’s quickly becoming the standard that levels up juniors and lets seniors move at startup speed.
If you’re still writing everything by hand in 2025… you’re voluntarily working harder than you need to.
Try Cursor (it’s literally a fork of VS Code — all your extensions and settings transfer in one click).
Happy coding — faster than ever.