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How to Get HelixQL Syntax Highlighting on Cursor

How to Get HelixQL Syntax Highlighting on Cursor

Founders HelixDB

Founders HelixDB

Tutorial

Introduction

Cursor haven’t updated their marketplace (@cursor plz fix). So, you’ll need to import your settings from VSCode to have syntax highlighting in Cursor.

Steps

1. To install VS Code run the following command in your terminal:

code --install-extension helixdb.helixql

or install the HQL extension directly in VS Code extensions:

2. Next open Cursor and go to your Cursor Settings

3. Now in General press Import from VS Code

Conclusion

You should now be able to see your syntax highlighting in both VS Code and Cursor. If you run into any problems, please get in touch with us via Discord here.