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I suggest making a copy of this page so you have a checklist you can interact with for your setup flow + take your own notes if you get stuck.

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Goal: Get your system set up

Welcome to Cursor for Product Managers! You’re in the right place. By the end of the course, you will be able to:

Use AI for your day to day product work
Build, test, and ship useful, working product features using AI
Be a native AI PM on your team

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Use this checklist to help complete the below steps for the pre-req

Step	Status ❌ / ✅	Link
0. Did you join the slack group?	❌	Join the slack group!
1. Did you set up Cursor?	❌	http://cursor.sh
2. Were you able to download a GitHub repo?	❌	https://github.com/exiao/weekly-date-night/
3. Can you ask questions to Cursor about a codebase?	❌
4. Do you have a GitHub account?	❌	http://github.com

0. Logistics

Join the slack group! Ask questions here.
You will need to have the following accounts:
- Github: This is necessary to start downloading codebases and track changes
- Cursor : their pro plan is ~$20/month. There is a free tier, but you may run out quickly with agent usage.

1. Install Cursor

Cursor is an interactive developer environment (IDE) that developers typically use to ship software. We’re going to walk you through the stack, but first you should have the required tools ready!

Download and install Cursor from cursor.sh with the default settings. You can also follow this video tutorial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM97V2FSzHg