What is @-Mention?
A way to reference a file, folder, or symbol inside a Cursor prompt using the @ symbol. It injects that content directly into the AI's context window.
@Button.tsx → into context
An @-mention injects into a prompt...
Write it in your own words in the app.
In real work
Use an @-mention: @components/Button.tsx Refactor to accept a size prop: sm, md, lg. Keep the existing API intact.
In the illustration
The selector is set to Button.tsx and the @ key is pressed; the picker arm pulls that exact card from the drawer and slots it into the reader's feeder.
Use an @-mention in your coding agent to pull in the CheckoutView file and the pricing test, then explain why the test fails on a zero quantity.
Try it now
The fastest way to learn a word is to use it. Open this line in the agent you already work in and watch what it does. Change the tool to the one you use.
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01Practice
Make it stick
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02Verify
Prove you know it
Pass the quiz and keep it in a Skills Wallet you can share with anyone who needs proof.
03Career
Find the work that uses it
See which roles lean on this vocabulary, and what they pay in year one.
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