The SpecStory extension is only for use with the Cursor editor. Because Cursor does not work with the standard Visual Studio Extension Marketplace, we recommend installing SpecStory manually using the method below.

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🍦 Choose your flavor

Option 1 (Recommended):

  1. Make sure you’re on the latest version of Cursor.

  2. Download our extension: specstory-vscode-latest.vsix

  3. From Cursor, pop open the Command Palette (Ctrl/CMD-Shift-P) and choose Extensions: Install from VSIX….

  4. To verify the installation, open the Command Palette again (Ctrl/CMD-Shift-P) and type SpecStory. You should see the available commands show up.

Option 2:

  1. Open Cursor.

  2. Open the Extensions View in the Primary Sidebar (Ctrl/CMD-Shift-X).

  3. Search for SpecStory and click Install. Consult our Changelog to make sure you’re on the latest version.

If you install from the Visual Studio Marketplace banner you might find yourself in a state where VSCode has SpecStory installed but Cursor doesn’t. It makes for a bad time. No one wants that.

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🌎 Why this will rock your world

Think of SpecStory as your AI conversation time machine.

  • ⚡ Auto-save your conversations into digestible Markdown format (readable by both humans AND machines).

  • 🌐 Make your vibe-coding adventures shareable via URLs at share.specstory.com.

  • 🧪 EXPERIMENTAL: Auto-magically derive Cursor Project Rules to reduce manual drudgery.

🧠 Your AI companion is about to get significantly less forgetful, and you won’t have to lift a finger - let’s go!

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