# Amazing Development Tools: Xcode + Cursor AI

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**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [September 12, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/amazing-development-tools-xcode-cursor-ai/44619 "2024-09-12T13:04:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![jscotta](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jscotta/32/26082_2.png) [@jscotta](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jscotta)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/amazing-development-tools-xcode-cursor-ai/44619/1 "2024-09-12T13:04:11Z")

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If you, as developers (and now many non-developers) out there, are interested, using Cursor AI with Xcode is an incredible experience. Honestly, it’s what Xcode should be without the need for Cursor, but unfortunately, Apple…

You set up a project in Xcode, point Cursor to it, and use it to write the code. Xcode then builds the code, and voila! You have an application! It’s absolutely amazing.

Using Xcode alone alone only provides last year’s much smarter code completion, which is not as impressive. Actually its disappointing.

For those interested, here is a link to a video on X that might give you a test:

[Xcode + Cursor AI (Claude)](https://x.com/rileybrown_ai/status/1833740396100452378)

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/amazing-development-tools-xcode-cursor-ai/44619/2 "2024-09-12T13:07:02Z")

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Funny you mention [Cursor](https://www.cursor.com), I was just checking it out yesterday to see if it could help with writing custom components for Elements 🧐