Cursor Telemetry Setup Use Case

Use-case evidence path

Cursor Telemetry Setup: from implementation to decision

A complete cursor telemetry setup measurement loop connects one owned workflow, a bounded event contract, a controlled fixture, and a question someone can act on.

1
Set the boundary
Paste the setup prompt into Cursor with your Telemetry API key.
2
Capture the outcome
Begin with marketing_cta_clicked, register_success, onboarding_step_completed and document the grain of each event.
3
Prove the rows
Use Telemetry to check funnel dropoff and return behavior.
4
Make the decision
Which CTA source sends users who activate?

Agent prompt

Paste this into your coding agent

Replace YOUR_API_KEY after signup, then ask the agent to run the product flow and verify the first events.

agent prompt

Cursor Telemetry Setup setup prompt

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Instrument the acquisition and revenue funnel with Telemetry.

Use /skill.md and this Telemetry API key: YOUR_API_KEY

Please add structured events for:
1. Marketing page views, CTA clicks, pricing plan selection, docs CTA clicks, and prompt copies.
2. Registration attempts, successful registrations, onboarding steps, team creation, first API key creation, and first telemetry event received.
3. Checkout start, checkout success, plan changes, billing portal opens, and payment failures.
4. Activation milestones: first table created, first query run, first dashboard created, first alert created, and second active day.

Create a dashboard for visitor to signup, signup to activated team, activated team to paid, and weekly retention by activation milestone.

Setup steps

1Paste the setup prompt into Cursor with your Telemetry API key.
2Tell Cursor which product journey matters most.
3Have Cursor add events and run the flow locally.
4Use Telemetry to check funnel dropoff and return behavior.

Events to capture

marketing_cta_clickedregister_successonboarding_step_completedfirst_event_receivedquery_rundashboard_created

Questions unlocked

Which CTA source sends users who activate?
Where do new users leave onboarding?
Which features correlate with week-two retention?

Event schema starting points

Review the row grain, emit boundary, required types, privacy classes, example payload, and validation checklist before adapting a query or snippet to production.

Product lifecycle7 fields