Walk into the Cursor Field Engineer interview ready.
Read the pipeline as policy
After this you can read the pipeline as the company's real policy and reframe the deploy-straight-to-prod ask.
The CI/CDContinuous Integration / Continuous Delivery. The automated pipeline that builds, tests, and ships code so changes reach production safely and often. pipeline is the executable definition of what your org treats as an acceptable change. Flip the regulated track to see the gates a SOXSarbanes-Oxley Act. A US law that forces companies to keep auditable controls over any system that affects their financial reporting. shop adds.
Standard SaaS versus a regulated track. Toggle to compare the gates.
A reviewer asks whether the agent can deploy straight to prod to save a step. Your best answer?
The complete Cursor Visual Field Manual — 12 modules, end to end
Read a field manual that answers back
Plain-spoken modules with step-through diagrams and a self-check on every section.
See the curriculumRead the pipeline as policy
After this you can read the pipeline as the company's real policy and reframe the deploy-straight-to-prod ask.
The CI/CDContinuous Integration / Continuous Delivery. The automated pipeline that builds, tests, and ships code so changes reach production safely and often. pipeline is the executable definition of what your org treats as an acceptable change. Flip the regulated track to see the gates a SOXSarbanes-Oxley Act. A US law that forces companies to keep auditable controls over any system that affects their financial reporting. shop adds.
Standard SaaS versus a regulated track. Toggle to compare the gates.
A reviewer asks whether the agent can deploy straight to prod to save a step. Your best answer?
Remember it weeks later, not minutes
Every concept becomes a spaced-repetition card, scheduled with SM-2 so it sticks.
How spaced repetition works
Reveal the answer, then rate your recall.
One number tells you if you're ready
One 0 to 100 score blends section completion, quiz accuracy, and card retention.
See how readiness is scoredA loop that turns reading into readiness
- 01
Learn
Work through twelve modules of the field manual, with diagrams and self-checks that keep you honest as you go.
- 02
Retain
Review the cards that are due each day. The scheduler picks what you see, so you study what you're about to forget.
- 03
Track
Watch your readiness score climb, hold your study streak, and unlock the certificate at the end of the week.
Everything you need to walk in ready
The complete field manual
All 12 modules and 72 sections, from the enterprise SDLC to agent and MCP configuration.
See the curriculumRecall that survives the week
Every concept becomes one of 142 spaced-repetition cards, scheduled with SM-2 so you study what you're about to forget.
How it worksBuilt for cohorts too
Group a team into cohorts, assign modules with due dates, and track readiness across the whole roster.
For teamsRun a cohort, not just yourself
The admin area turns Field Academy into a readiness program — cohorts, module assignments, and a roster-wide view of how prepared everyone is.
Create your account- PRPriya RamanDay 5 · Review & Trust 23-day streakDay 5 · Review & Trust91Ready
- DWDana WhitfieldCapstone · Self-exam 31-day streakCapstone · Self-exam88Ready
- ABAisha BelloDay 7 · Demo & Objections 18-day streakDay 7 · Demo & Objections83On track
- MBMarcus BellDay 3 · Governance 9-day streakDay 3 · Governance74On track
- LFLena FischerDay 6 · Discovery & Pilot 14-day streakDay 6 · Discovery & Pilot67On track
- SOSam OkaforDay 2 · CI/CD & Release 4-day streakDay 2 · CI/CD & Release52Behind
- TNTheo NakamuraDay 1 · Enterprise SDLC 2-day streakDay 1 · Enterprise SDLC39Behind
The full field manual, in twelve modules
From the lens you carry into the building, through the seven-day knowledge week, to agent and MCP configuration and a capstone. 72 sections, 142 flashcards, and 102 self-checks in total.
Start here
- START12 minFoundations: the lens you carry all weekThe thesis, the five-layer delivery system, and the reference customers.
The knowledge week
- DAY 120 minReconstruct the enterprise SDLCTwo value streams, methodology vs lifecycle, the artifact graph, the persona map.
- DAY 222 minCI/CD, release engineering & the toolchainBranching, the pipeline & its gates, progressive delivery, the toolchain, DORA.
- DAY 322 minGovernance, compliance & Cursor's control planeSOX/ITGC, separation of duties, the control surface, the trust equation.
- DAY 420 minCursor team workflows in a shared repoRules as governance, context strategy, change-shaping, the agentic surface.
- DAY 520 minAI-assisted review, testing & anti-patternsLayered review, Bugbot, test discipline, the CI bright line, the anti-pattern taxonomy.
- DAY 622 minDiscovery, value mapping & the 90-day pilotThe discovery framework, value mapping, the maturity ladder, the 90-day pilot.
- DAY 720 minDemo, objections & the interview loopDemo craft, the demo arc, the canonical seven objections, your 90-second POV.
Self-exam
- ★16 minCapstone, the interview spine & self-assessmentThe 7-step answer spine, 10 spoken drills, self-assessment, portfolio artifacts.
Advanced track
- ADV 116 minCommercials, pricing & the business caseNewPricing, ROI/TCO, the seat-math objection, procurement, land-and-expand.
- ADV 215 minThe competitive landscape & differentiationNewCopilot & the field, the axes that matter, handling "Copilot is free", shadow AI.
- ADV 318 minAdvanced agent configuration & MCPNewProject Rules, MCP, command/hook policy, sandboxing, cloud agents, least privilege.