✨ Cursor Prompt Enhancer
Turn rough ideas into crisp, actionable prompts — instantly.
One click to rewrite messy intent into a clean prompt your AI coding assistant can execute.
✨ Features
- One-click Enhance: available in the editor title, context menu, and status bar.
- Super fast: optional streaming preview; lean, optimized system prompt.
- Flexible backends: local enhancer (never leaves your machine) or OpenAI-compatible APIs.
- Smart defaults: actions include
insertBelow, replaceSelection, openNew, insertBelowAndCopy, replaceSelectionAndCopy, openNewAndCopy, copyOnly.
- Customizable: system prompt, tone (
concise, balanced, detailed), and API parameters can all be adjusted.
🚀 Quick Start
- Install the extension (from Cursor, VS Code Marketplace, or via VSIX).
- (Optional) Open Settings → search
Cursor Prompt Enhancer → set Provider to openai and paste your API key, or run:
Prompt: Set OpenAI API Key
- Select text and run Enhance Prompt via:
- Right-click context menu
- Editor title bar wand icon
- Status bar button
- Keyboard shortcut:
- Mac:
Cmd+Shift+Alt+E
- Win/Linux:
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E
No Selection Behavior
- If nothing is selected, you’ll be taken directly to an input box to paste/type your prompt. No extra clicks.
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⚙️ Settings
| Setting |
Values |
Description |
cursorPromptEnhancer.provider |
local, openai |
Backend to use |
cursorPromptEnhancer.defaultAction |
insertBelow, replaceSelection, openNew, insertBelowAndCopy, replaceSelectionAndCopy, openNewAndCopy, copyOnly |
Default insertion behavior |
cursorPromptEnhancer.postActionPrompt |
true/false |
After generation, show a picker to apply the result: Copy, Insert Below, Replace Selection, or Open New. Avoids accidental replacement when invoked from the Command Palette. |
cursorPromptEnhancer.systemPrompt |
string |
Custom system prompt (OpenAI mode) |
cursorPromptEnhancer.tone |
concise, balanced, detailed |
Tone for local enhancer |
cursorPromptEnhancer.openai.apiBase |
URL |
API base for OpenAI-compatible services |
cursorPromptEnhancer.openai.model |
string |
Model name |
cursorPromptEnhancer.openai.streaming |
true/false |
Stream live preview (default: off) |
cursorPromptEnhancer.openai.useTemperature |
true/false |
Toggle temperature parameter |
cursorPromptEnhancer.openai.temperature |
0.0–1.0 |
Value if above is true |
- Keep streaming OFF for clean insertion; turn it ON for real-time previews.
- Use
replaceSelectionAndCopy for the fastest workflow.
- Smaller selections → faster, sharper results.
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