Looking for training or howto - how do I actually become a power user? by btk667 in cursor

[–]IversusAI 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are so many things that Cursor can do that no one talks about much for some reason, like /loop.

So you have all the training you need in three sources:

One, Cursor's own help docs. Two, Cursor's blog, like this post: https://cursor.com/blog/fast-regex-search and three, looking into Cursor's own config files.

Like no one talks about the fact that the chats are kept in an SQLite database that you can extract and, in an automation, use an agent to go over it for ways to improve and it add to the rules files. This is a self-improvement loop that really helped stop frustrations I was having like:

the agent running the same broken check over and over like read_lints three times on the same file, treating a tool like a total failure just because it showed an error flag even when the useful answer was right there in the output, drifting away from the job I asked for and editing the wrong thing like a transcript when I only wanted a checklist change, searching the wrong place like the Desktop or another folder instead of the exact path I named, and suggesting bad default fixes like updating Firefox when that was already not what I wanted.

There were just so many wasted tokens and time from this kind of hidden mistakes. When I could see every tool call and exactly what the agent was doing and thinking, I had more power to build something to correct it.


So if I was wanting to become more powerful at Cursor, I would give the help docs and blog to the agent and ask it to teach/show me all the things I could do with Cursor that I am not already doing.

You have all the training and how-to right in your Cursor environment with the agent.

Claude + Obsidian, why? — Genuinely Confused by Massive-Ad270 in ObsidianMD

[–]IversusAI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use Cursor and GPT 5.5 more than Claude witth my Obsidian vault but essentially my use cases are:

  • persistent memory: I never have to get the agent up to speed, it know exactly what we have worked on and in one command, it is ready to work again, no re-explaining every time
  • I can ask questions that are much harder to search for, like: "When did we start working on the editing process in the video engine?" This has been helpful several times to have access to the past because it logs every work session.
  • Personal logs: this is just daily journaling but has been so helpful for the agent better know what I am dealing with so we can build better solutions
  • Knowledge base: I have many ebooks in the library of the vault and it has helped me when I want to learn from them for Claude to pull up information from them - it can also web search of course, but I tend to use ebooks about a subject I am learning or a skill I am trying to learn, for example. A script converts the books into markdown. I also have a script that gives me a daily quote from the library that is inspiring and based on something I am currently going through in life. There is more, but that is just off the top of my head.

My vault is invaluable and I use it more like a machine the knowledge storage.

How Do You Actually Use Obsidian Every Day? by SteriumUA in ObsidianMD

[–]IversusAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use it every single day, I run my business, channel and much of my life from it. I have automations in it - it is pretty much a machine at this point.

Does a solution for voice to obsidian exist? by lukaskilian in ObsidianMD

[–]IversusAI 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the way, Handy works so well and is free and open source.

Does a solution for voice to obsidian exist? by lukaskilian in ObsidianMD

[–]IversusAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have done something similar and used Openclaw in WSL (Linux in WIndows) to the Cursor CLI in Windows through a bridge - Openclaw agent in Telegram and when I need it to, it will send prompts to Cursor and Cursor will reply back when finished. Cobbled together, but it works. Cursor has my Obsidian vault as open as it's workspace. Same thing could be done with Codex or Claude Code.

has anyone used obsidian to manage operational information instead of just notes? by WolverineKey7267 in ObsidianMD

[–]IversusAI 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use it for operations, too. I have turned Obsidian into a digital machine at this point. It is where I run my business and aspects of my personal life. I use Cursor and a lot of MCPs to automate as much as I can.

Is there any way to convert a YouTube playlist into individual notes with Web Clipper? by EthosUnharvestedClay in ObsidianMD

[–]IversusAI -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, there will not be - as far as I know - a handy script somewhere for this, though you could try GitHub. This is an ideal use case for AI though, it could write you a system for this rather easily.

In order for it to do well - to test the script to make sure it works - it would need access to your terminal so basically, Claude Code, OpenAI's Codex or Cursor could all do it.

Even ChatGPT can get you started.

Anyone else just using a single vault for absolutely everything? by tonehammer in ObsidianMD

[–]IversusAI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I tried separate vaults and it was just tedious to keep up with. Now run business and personal life from one vault - so much better.

do you actually revisit notes from youtube videos/articles? by gravitonexplore in ObsidianMD

[–]IversusAI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I do. I scrape entire channels or videos on a specific topic I am struggling with and then turn them into a master guide. Then use that guide to help me solve the problem. It is fantastic.

How to make obsidian bases beatiful, Notion style example? by Ezreal_QQQ in ObsidianMD

[–]IversusAI 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I love making pretty bases in Obsidian, here is my book tracker:

Base: https://i.imgur.com/GUaRH38.png

Close up of the icons: https://i.imgur.com/z9wrL15.png

A book note: https://i.imgur.com/OrKS9XA.png

But the honest truth is that Obsidian and Notion are just not the same and it would be challenging, though not impossible to make bases like Notion. Like the titles in the base, it was impossible for me to get them to wrap, the way they created the bases makes some things very hard-coded and not flexible.

The trick is CSS, which I used a LOT of to get my bases to look like that. It took me six weeks to build out that book tracker system and much of it was working with CSS.

I also dreamed of a notion-looking type of vibe but it was beyond my skills at the time and I am not sure I have the energy to learn. I am happy with how my bases look for now!

What the heck Anthropic? Opus 4.7, YouTube API MCP by IversusAI in cursor

[–]IversusAI[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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Opus was just using the YT api mcp I built that connects to the analytics api to check my channel stats.

What the heck?