@-symbol
The way you hand something specific to the model in a Cursor prompt. Typing @ opens a picker for files, folders, docs, git history, and the web, and what you pick gets pulled into the prompt.
Where it comes up
Cursor 101
“just use the at symbol. And here, using the at symbol, I can bring in specific agents. I could bring in specific files and folders. If I didn't rely want to rely on my context uh you know, that's generated by my code base directly, I could…”
Cursor Rules, Commands, Hooks, and Skills
“example, I might enter in asterisk.p py and then these rules would only apply to files with a py extension or I have apply manually. And with an apply manually rule, I can be typing in a prompt and when I want to invoke that rule, I hit the…”
Cursor 201
“like the a big part of the the harness. Um You can you can specify um you know, particular files. Like if you if you know like if you know the code base inside and out and you're like, "All right, I don't I don't want them you know, I don't…”