{"slug": "cursor-learn-mode-teach-a-desktop-workflow-by-demonstrating-it", "title": "Cursor Learn Mode: teach a desktop workflow by demonstrating it", "summary": "A developer has open-sourced Cursor Learn Mode, an MCP that records a user demonstrating a Windows or macOS workflow and saves it as a reusable Skill for Cursor. The tool captures intent and named inputs rather than mouse coordinates, and replay uses existing desktop, browser, and terminal tools. Secrets are redacted, and the recording is not executed by Learn Mode itself.", "body_md": "I open-sourced Cursor Learn Mode, an MCP that watches you demonstrate a real Windows or macOS process and saves a Skill (intent + named inputs). Replay happens in a new chat with the desktop, browser, and terminal tools you already have — not a mouse-coordinate macro.\n\nRepo: [https://github.com/liad07/cursor-learn-mode](https://github.com/liad07/cursor-learn-mode)\n\nFlow:\n\n- /learn\n- Start Learning (on-screen HUD)\n- Do the work\n- Stop with Ctrl+Shift+L (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+L (Mac)\n- Save the Skill to ~/.cursor/skills/\n\nSecrets are redacted. The recording is not executed by Learn Mode itself.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cursor-learn-mode-teach-a-desktop-workflow-by-demonstrating-it", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/liad07/cursor-learn-mode-teach-a-desktop-workflow-by-demonstrating-it-hm3", "published_at": "2026-08-16 14:24:48+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-16 14:42:31.840058+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Cursor", "Cursor Learn Mode", "liad07"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cursor-learn-mode-teach-a-desktop-workflow-by-demonstrating-it", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cursor-learn-mode-teach-a-desktop-workflow-by-demonstrating-it.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cursor-learn-mode-teach-a-desktop-workflow-by-demonstrating-it.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cursor-learn-mode-teach-a-desktop-workflow-by-demonstrating-it.jsonld"}}