How to leverage documentation effectively in Cursor through prompting, external sources, and internal context
Tool | Mental Model |
---|---|
@Docs | Like browsing and reading official documentation |
@Web | Like searching for solutions on the internet |
MCP | Like accessing your internal documentation |
@Docs
connects Cursor to official documentation from popular tools and frameworks. Use it when you need current, authoritative information about:
@Web
searches the live internet for current information, blog posts, and community discussions. Use it when you need:
Integration | Access | Examples |
---|---|---|
Confluence | Company Confluence spaces | Architecture documentation, API specifications for internal services, coding standards and guidelines, process documentation |
Google Drive | Shared documents and folders | Specification documents, meeting notes and decision records, design documents and requirements, team knowledge bases |
Notion | Workspace databases and pages | Project documentation, team wikis, knowledge bases, product requirements, technical specifications |
Custom | Internal systems and databases | Proprietary APIs, legacy documentation systems, custom knowledge bases, specialized tools and workflows |
@Docs
for official documentation and @Web
for community knowledge