AI Development Workflow

The Cursor agent is pre-configured (via the rules file) to follow this workflow

1. Task Discovery and Selection

Ask the agent to list available tasks:

What tasks are available to work on next?

The agent will:

2. Task Implementation

When implementing a task, the agent will:

You can ask:

Let's implement task 3. What does it involve?

3. Task Verification

4. Task Completion

5. Handling Implementation Drift

If during implementation, you discover that:

Tell the agent:

We've changed our approach. We're now using Express instead of Fastify. Please update all future tasks to reflect this change.

The agent will execute:

task-master update --from=4 --prompt="Now we are using Express instead of Fastify."

This will rewrite or re-scope subsequent tasks in tasks.json while preserving completed work.

6. Breaking Down Complex Tasks

For complex tasks that need more granularity:

Task 5 seems complex. Can you break it down into subtasks?

The agent will execute:

task-master expand --id=5 --num=3

You can provide additional context:

Please break down task 5 with a focus on security considerations.

The agent will execute:

task-master expand --id=5 --prompt="Focus on security aspects"

You can also expand all pending tasks:

Please break down all pending tasks into subtasks.

The agent will execute:

task-master expand --all

For research-backed subtask generation using Perplexity AI:

Please break down task 5 using research-backed generation.

The agent will execute:

task-master expand --id=5 --research

Example Cursor AI Interactions

Starting a new project

Working on tasks

Implementing a specific task

Managing subtasks

Handling changes

Completing work

Analyzing complexity

Viewing complexity report