10 Prompts That Make Cursor and Copilot Do the Heavy Lifting

Here's something that hasn't changed since 2024: the AI editor is only as good as what you ask it. What has changed is that both Cursor and Copilot are completely different products now. Cursor v3.0 shipped Background Agents, Cloud Agents, and a redesigned Composer 2.0. Copilot got agent mode across VS Code and JetBrains, a full coding agent that turns GitHub Issues into pull requests, and MCP support baked in. Both now support Model Context Protocol, which means your editor can reach directly...