Cursor codebase indexing

• May 12, 2025 at 22:21 IST
• 1 min read

• cursor
• ai

I came across an article that deep-dives in the technology behind fast codebase indexing in Cursor AI:

1. Code chunking and processing
2. Merkle tree construction and synchronization
3. Embedding generation
4. Storage and indexing
5. Periodic updates using Merkle trees

I also came across this post from Simon that talks about the same thing. Very interesting to read.