Catch Bugs Faster: Cursor's BugBot for AI Code Review

Snyk

Jun 17, 2025

In this video we dive into Cursor's 1.0 release, focusing on their new BugBot feature. This AI-powered tool integrates with your GitHub workflow to automatically review pull requests and identify potential bugs.

We'll show you how to set up BugBot, trigger it on a pull request, and analyze the issues it finds, including a real-world example of it catching errors in AI-generated code from Google's Jules tool.

Learn how BugBot can help you catch critical issues before they hit production and streamline your code review process!

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✍️ Resources ✍️

Cursor 1.0 Announcement: https://www.cursor.com/changelog/1-0
GitHub Repository: https://github.com/clarkio/ai-code-security

⏲️ Chapters ⏲️

00:00 - Introduction to Cursor 1.0 and Key Features

00:24 - Understanding BugBot and its Integration with Development Pipelines

01:41 - BugBot Pricing and Setup

02:41 - Connecting BugBot to GitHub

03:33 - Configuring BugBot Settings

04:26 - Testing BugBot on a Pull Request (PR)

05:17 - Manually Triggering BugBot

05:52 - Analyzing BugBot's Initial Findings

08:36 - Fixing a Bug with Cursor's Agent Mode

10:43 - Pushing Fixes and Re-running BugBot

11:52 - BugBot's Second Round of Findings

14:22 - Conclusion

⚒️ About Snyk ⚒️

Snyk helps you find and fix vulnerabilities in your code, open-source dependencies, containers, infrastructure-as-code, software pipelines, IDEs, and more! Move fast, stay secure.

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