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Cursor Integration

Enhance your development workflow by connecting Ticket Mate directly to Cursor, the AI code editor.

Overview

The Cursor integration allows your AI coding assistant to have full context of your Jira tickets, including requirements, acceptance criteria, and technical discussions. This ensures the code generated by Cursor is perfectly aligned with your project management goals.

Key Features

1. Contextual Coding

By providing Cursor with access to your Jira tickets, you can use prompts like:

"Implement the requirements described in TM-123."
"Refactor this function according to the acceptance criteria in the current ticket."
"Generate unit tests based on the technical breakdown in TM-456."

2. Auto-Documentation

Cursor can help you keep your Jira tickets up to date by:

Automatically summarizing code changes and posting them as comments on the relevant Jira ticket.
Updating ticket status based on commit messages or PR merges.
Generating draft "Done" checklists based on your implementation.

3. Error Resolution

When Cursor helps you fix a bug, it can:

Look up similar bugs in your Jira history to see how they were resolved.
Automatically link the fix to the original bug report.
Update the "Root Cause" field in Jira (if available).

Setup Instructions

Prerequisites

Cursor installed and updated to the latest version.
Ticket Mate Pro or Enterprise account.

Connection Steps

Navigate to Admin → Settings → Integrations → Cursor.
Click Connect Cursor.
Copy the generated API Key.
In Cursor, open the Command Palette and search for "Ticket Mate Settings".
Paste your API Key and Jira Instance URL.

Best Practices

Mention Ticket IDs: Always include Jira ticket IDs (e.g., TM-123) in your Cursor chat or composer for maximum context.
Sync Regularly: Ensure your local branch name includes the ticket ID so Cursor can automatically fetch the latest ticket data.