How I use Cursor task-list.mdc in a real project

Handing off work—or keeping yourself aligned—gets messy fast when the “task” lives across chat threads, docs, and half-finished TODOs. This video walks through how the speaker uses a tasklist.mdc Cursor rule to define and execute real feature work in an open-source project (Inbox Zero), while staying clear-eyed about where AI helps and where it doesn’t.

Key takeaways

• How tasklist.mdc is used to generate a structured task file (completed / in-progress / future tasks, implementation plan, relevant files).
• How to seed Cursor with the right context by tagging specific files and UI/email wireframes.
• What it looks like to iterate when the first AI output is “roughly OK” but includes mistakes—and how to correct it.
• How PR review tooling (CodeRabbit) fits into the workflow as an extra set of eyes.