Configure set up Cursor for teams and organizations. Triggers on "cursor team",
"cursor organization", "cursor business", "cursor enterprise setup". Use when working with cursor team setup functionality. Trigger with phrases like "cursor team setup", "cursor setup", "cursor".
Configure Cursor for teams and organizations. Covers plan selection, member management, shared configurations, Privacy Mode enforcement, and onboarding workflows.
Methods:
1. Email invitation: Admin dashboard > Members > Invite by email
2. Domain auto-join: Allow anyone with @company.com to join
3. SSO provisioning: Users auto-join when they sign in via SSO
4. SCIM (Enterprise): Automatic sync from identity provider
Roles:
Role
Permissions
Owner
Full admin, billing, delete org
Admin
Manage members, settings, SSO
Member
Use Cursor with team settings
Step 4: Enforce Privacy Mode
For Business and Enterprise plans:
Admin Dashboard > Privacy
Enable "Enforce Privacy Mode for all members"
Team members cannot disable Privacy Mode locally
Verification: each client pings server every 5 minutes to check enforcement
Privacy Mode guarantees:
Zero data retention at model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic)
No code used for model training
No plaintext code stored on Cursor servers
Step 5: Configure Model Access
Admin Dashboard > Models:
Available models (toggle on/off per team):
✅ GPT-4o
✅ Claude Sonnet
✅ Auto mode
❌ Claude Opus (restricted to save costs)
❌ o1 (restricted to save costs)
✅ cursor-small
Restricting models helps control costs -- premium models consume fast requests faster.
Shared Configuration (via Git)
Team settings that belong in the project repository:
Commit these to git. Every team member gets the same AI behavior.
Ignore Files
.cursorignore # Shared exclusions (commit to git)
.cursorindexingignore # Shared indexing exclusions (commit to git)
Machine-Local Settings
These are NOT shared via git:
settings.json (editor preferences -- personal choice)
keybindings.json (keyboard shortcuts -- personal choice)
API keys (stored in Cursor's local settings database)
Onboarding New Team Members
Onboarding Checklist
## New Team Member: Cursor Setup (20 minutes)
### Account
[ ] Download Cursor from cursor.com/download
[ ] Sign in with @company.com email
[ ] Verify Business plan active (cursor.com/settings)
[ ] Verify Privacy Mode is ON (Cursor Settings > General)
### Project Setup
[ ] Clone the repository
[ ] Open in Cursor: `cursor /path/to/project`
[ ] Wait for indexing to complete (bottom status bar)
[ ] Verify rules loaded: Cmd+L > type "@Cursor Rules"
### Learn the Basics (10 min)
[ ] Tab completion: type code, accept with Tab
[ ] Chat: Cmd+L > "@Codebase how is auth handled?"
[ ] Inline Edit: select code > Cmd+K > "add error handling"
[ ] Composer: Cmd+I > describe a multi-file task
### Team Conventions
[ ] Read .cursor/rules/ files (our AI guidelines)
[ ] Use Conventional Commits for commit messages
[ ] Start new chats for new tasks (don't reuse old conversations)
[ ] Review all AI-generated code before committing
Buddy System
Pair new team members with experienced Cursor users for their first week. Focus areas:
When to use Chat vs Composer vs Inline Edit
How to write effective prompts with @ context
Common pitfalls (context overflow, blind apply)
Team-specific rules and conventions
Usage Monitoring
Admin Dashboard Metrics
Metric
Purpose
Requests per user
Identify power users and underutilizers
Model distribution
Which models are used most
Fast vs slow requests
Quota consumption rate
Cost per seat
ROI calculation
Adoption Indicators
High adoption:
- 80%+ team members active weekly
- Average 10+ requests/day per user
- Rules files regularly updated in git
Low adoption (needs attention):
- Team members not signing in
- Rules files stale or absent
- No AI commit messages in git history
Enterprise Considerations
SCIM provisioning: Sync users and groups from Okta/Azure AD automatically (Enterprise only)
Audit logging: Enterprise plans include detailed usage audit logs for compliance
Cost allocation: Track AI costs per team/project for internal chargeback
Vendor review: Request Cursor's SOC 2 Type II report and security questionnaire for procurement