The terminal commands you'll actually use

You've been typing terminal commands since Module 1, mostly by copying them from a lesson. That works, until something unexpected happens: the terminal is in the wrong folder, a command never finishes, or the AI suggests a command you've never seen.

The good news is that you don't need hundreds of commands. Professional web developers use the same ten or so every day. Learn those properly and the terminal stops being a black box where scary text appears, and becomes what it really is: a very direct way of telling your laptop what to do.

There's a safety reason too. In Stage 2, Cursor's Agent will often want to run commands for you, like installing a package. It asks before it runs them. After this lesson, you'll be able to read what it wants to run, and decide.