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“Cursor is a much better product manager than I ever was”: How this PM uses AI for PRDs, Jira tickets, and replying to coworkers | Dennis Yang (Chime)

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“Cursor is a much better product manager than I ever was”: How this PM uses AI for PRDs, Jira tickets, and replying to coworkers | Dennis Yang (Chime)

How I AI

2025/10/27
How I AI

How I AI

2025/10/27
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Dennis Yang is the Principal Product Manager for Generative AI at Chime, where he’s pioneered AI workflows that meaningfully increase productivity. While most people use Cursor as a coding tool, Dennis has turned it into a comprehensive product-management ...

Highlights

In this episode, Dennis Yang, Principal Product Manager at Chime, reveals how he leverages Cursor—an AI-powered IDE—not for coding, but as a comprehensive system to transform product management workflows. By integrating generative AI into everyday tasks, he demonstrates how non-technical professionals can automate documentation, collaboration, and reporting processes with remarkable efficiency.
00:00
Cursor enhances productivity in product management.
04:57
LLMs prefer Markdown, and developers are increasingly thinking in Markdown when working with Cursor.
09:35
Writing PRDs directly in Cursor using Markdown with live preview improves efficiency
10:33
Early sharing of PRDs enables faster iteration and team alignment.
14:57
Source-controlled markdown files are becoming a major competitor to SaaS offerings in product management.
19:55
MCPs enable a language model to handle complex tasks based on high-level context by connecting tools like Cursor and Confluence.
21:38
Cursor reads and prioritizes PRD comments, then drafts responses for review
28:53
Cursor is a better product manager than I am.
33:36
AI-powered comments on Jira tickets improve team communication and documentation quality
37:52
Daily AI use helps product people understand model behavior through real-world flaws.
46:07
PMs can set opinionated defaults like model choice and data sources to streamline AI agent development
46:38
Colleagues know I use AI to reply to comments.

Chapters

Introduction to Dennis Yang
00:00
Why Cursor is ideal for product management workflows
03:00
Setting up Cursor for non-coding use cases with markdown preview
04:53
Creating PRDs in Cursor and using source control for documentation
09:35
Using MCPs to publish content to Confluence and Notion
10:33
Bridging the gap between engineering and product
11:38
Reading and responding to document comments with AI assistance
17:00
Creating comprehensive Jira tickets directly from PRDs
21:37
Generating automated status reports from Jira data
25:51
Building a morning briefing system with ChatGPT
30:23
Generating personal morning briefings using ChatGPT
35:03
The “super MVP” approach to AI product development
40:04
Lightning round and final thoughts
46:37

Transcript

Claire Vo: we've seen so many people use tools like cursor to write code, we actually haven't seen anybody yet just using cursor to write. That's what you're doing. Dennis Yang: The reason why cursor is my favorite ui for the ai is it has all the interfac...