Where Cursor appears in this channel In the captured material, Cursor is the AI code editor the builders open when they go from idea to working software. It shows up at two distinct stages of the same workflow: Kieran Klaassen's PRD stage (Kora, Ep. 44) Kieran doesn't start typing code — he starts by thinking. He takes a walk, composes the prompt in his head, then works it into a PRD (product requirements document) in Cursor, sometimes outlining the files he wants before picking an LLM and building[^42a1ae89-412b-5fd8-9efa-752d00aff64c@0]. In that episode, Cursor is the place where a walk-and-talk idea becomes a structured spec that drives the build. The build stage (Hermes in 60 minutes) In the Hermes build, Cursor is where the actual app gets assembled: the process starts with a prompt describing the app in React, TypeScript, and Tailwind, then models like o1 mini write the code inside it. When a model doesn't know about its own successor, the fix is to feed it its documentation so it can call itself correctly[^4ef67c54-9505-5bc4-a565-9579a83f2827@302]. Debugging — wrong API formats, misrouted image calls, even accidentally using Python docs — all happens in this same loop of prompting, checking the docs, and iterating[^4ef67c54-9505-5bc4-a565-9579a83f2827@585]. Why it matters here Across both videos, Cursor is the tool that makes the channel's broader claim tangible: software is dramatically cheaper to build, so the hard question shifts from how to build to what to build[^42a1ae89-412b-5fd8-9efa-752d00aff64c@0]. A functioning V1 in a day, a launched product in three months, or a full app in an hour — all of these stories run through Cursor. - Cursor is the AI code editor used both for writing specs (a PRD for Kora) and for generating and debugging code (Hermes). - It enables building without deep engineering skills: prompt, check docs, iterate. - It anchors the channel's thesis that cheap AI tooling moves the real question to what to build.