[Curosr] Create Complex Cursor Shortcuts to Run Commands and Generate AI Commits

Manually staging files, writing commit messages, committing, and syncing to Git involves multiple repetitive steps. This lesson demonstrates how to significantly streamline this common Git workflow in Cursor (or VS Code) by creating a single, powerful keyboard shortcut using keybindings.json and the runCommands feature.

Workflow demonstrated in this lesson:

• Open keybindings.json to customize keyboard shortcuts.
• Unbind default shortcuts (like Shift+Cmd+S) that you might not use.
• Utilize the runCommands command to create a sequence of actions.
• Chain together git.stageAll, cursor.generateGitCommitMessage, git.commitAll, and git.sync commands.
• Bind this entire sequence to a single custom keyboard shortcut.
• Execute the full stage -> AI commit message -> commit -> sync workflow with one keystroke.

Key benefits:

• Combines multiple Git actions into one efficient step.
• Automates staging, committing, and syncing changes.
• Leverages Cursor's AI to generate commit messages automatically.
• Frees up valuable keyboard shortcuts for powerful custom workflows.
• Significantly speeds up your development cycle by reducing manual Git operations.

 {

    "key": "shift+cmd+s",

    "command": "runCommands",

    "args": {

      "commands": [

        {

          "command": "git.stageAll"

        },

        {

          "command": "cursor.generateGitCommitMessage"

        },

        {

          "command": "git.commitAll"

        },

        {

          "command": "git.sync"

        }

      ]

    }

  },

  {

    "key": "shift+cmd+s",

    "command": "-workbench.action.files.saveAs"

  },

  {

    "key": "shift+cmd+s",

    "command": "-workbench.action.files.saveLocalFile",

    "when": "remoteFileDialogVisible"

  }