Cursor AI for Designers: A 2026 Guide to Building Apps Without Writing Code
Cursor is an AI-first code editor (built on top of VS Code) that feels less like “chat with AI” and more like pair-programming with it. It understands your entire codebase, edits real files, touches multiple components at once, and lets you stay inside the editor instead of jumping between tools. Designers should not be afraid of it, although its quite technical at first.


















