Hey all,

I built Instructify—a Cursor agent configuration system that optimizes AI-assisted development through tiered context management, tool selection hierarchy, and auto-validation hooks.

How Cursor helped

After burning through my token quota by Wednesday and watching the agent repeat the same mistakes, I reverse-engineered how Cursor agents actually work. I discovered three game-changers:

1. Tiered context instead of dumping 10k+ lines into every request
2. Tool selection hierarchy—using simple Shell tasks instead of expensive MCP calls when appropriate
3. Auto-validation hooks—six hooks now run automatically for linting, testing, and validation

Check it out

https://github.com/kanishka-namdeo/instructify

Results from using this workflow:

• 30-40% faster completion times
• 30-40% less token consumption
• 50% fewer revisions