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In Cursor, make the AI explain its plan before it touches code

Agentic editors can change ten files in seconds. Asking for a plan first turns a risky rewrite into a reviewable proposal, and catches misunderstandings early.

The fastest way to lose an afternoon with an AI coding agent is to let it start editing before you both agree on what "done" means.