Cursor

If you already use VS Code, Cursor is the shortest path to having AI actually understand your project. It does more than autocomplete: you can highlight code and ask “why is this breaking?” or tell it “add error handling to all API routes” and watch it edit multiple files.

The tab completions are the killer feature. They predict what you are about to type based on what you just did, and they are eerily good at continuing patterns. The free tier gives you a taste, but its agent and chat requests are limited and run out quickly. Since 2026 the paid plans are shared with Grok and X Premium: Plus at $8 a month allows Grok models only, Premium at $30 is the first plan with cloud agents and third-party models (billed separately by usage), and Super and Ultra at $100 and $200 add more usage. Keep an eye on your usage if you are doing heavy agent work. Anysphere, the company that makes Cursor, became part of SpaceX when SpaceX completed its acquisition on 14 August 2026.