How to Build a High-Converting Marketing Landing Page in Cursor (No Code Needed)
Step by Step Guide
I recently launched an AI coaching service and got a flood of questions from people who aren’t developers but want to explore no-code tools.
This step-by-step guide will show you how to build a beautiful, functional marketing landing page using CursorAI — no coding required.
Set Up Cursor and Your Workspace
Cursor is an AI-powered code editor with an integrated chat — and it’s one of the most popular tools for building with AI.
Hopefully it is very easy for you to download Cursor (Mac, Windows or Linux) from cursor.com
Once you have it installed, you will need to make sure you have a folder set up you want to do your development in.
I made a Development folder and from here I make a new project folder every time I launch a new project.
Now when I launch cursor, I use the open folder command (File… Open) to open my workspace in ‘cursorapp’.
Tips:
Use lowercase, no spaces or numbers in folder names
Open your project’s root folder to avoid file path issues
UseFile → Openin Cursor to launch your project folder
From Idea to Front End MVP
I’m obsessed with getting the MVPs built using one prompt. There are many people on X that suggest the best way to build out apps is write out a PRD (project requirements document) and even a technical specification.
However I don’t think that’s really part of the vibe coding culture. Plus I can just include a line in my prompt to simulate the thinking behind those documents for the AI.
The workflow I’m having the most success with at the moment is either:
- v0.dev — one shot prompt to generate front end and export into a new project into Cursor to continue building
- Cursor — set up project using command line instruction, and then use one shot prompt to generate first page
One-Shot Prompt to Build the Landing Page
Here is my one shot prompt for a marketing landing page — note this took multiple attempts and lots of research (also strongly welcome and feedback or tweaks to improve in the comments) — also don’t worry if you don’t understand all of this.
You can copy and paste this prompt into your favourite large language model and ask it to customise it for your landing page and then use it to create the landing page.
Role
You are a senior front-end developer specializing in high-converting marketing landing pages.Product Overview
CoachAI is an AI-powered platform designed for professionals, entrepreneurs, and individuals seeking personal growth. It provides personalized coaching through:
✅ Goal setting — Define and track objectives with AI-guided prompts.
✅ Actionable insights — Receive tailored advice based on your input and progress.
✅ Interactive sessions — Engage in real-time AI coaching conversations.
✅ Resource hub — Access curated tips, templates, and strategies for success.The landing page should communicate CoachAI’s value, build trust, and drive sign-ups for a free trial or beta access.
Design Style
Balance modern minimalism with approachable warmth, ensuring clarity, trust, and usability:Clean, professional UI with a welcoming, human-centered aesthetic.
Soft gradients and structured white space for a premium, calming look.
Card-based sections to highlight features, testimonials, and CTAs.
Rounded corners and gentle shadows for a friendly, polished vibe.
Subtle hover effects and smooth transitions for engagement.
Concise, scannable content sections to emphasize benefits.
Prominent CTAs like “Start Your Free Trial” or “Join the Waitlist”.
Visual nods to AI (e.g., subtle futuristic icons) without overpowering the design.
Technical Specifications
Web-focused design optimized for desktop, responsive for tablet.
Tailwind CSS for styling, using a CDN.
Icons from an online vector library (simple, flat, non-framed).
Images sourced from open-license repositories (provide direct links).
Text color primarily black or white for contrast and readability.
Clear visual hierarchy with section dividers for scannability.
Smooth scrolling and navigation experience.
Task
Simulate a Product Manager’s detailed functional and information architecture design.
Follow the design style and technical specifications to generate a complete UI layout for the CoachAI landing page.
Generate a React application with Tailwind CSS, using react router.
Focus only on UI and structure — do not implement logic or API connections.
Generate the first home page layout now.
Option 1 — Build in v0.dev First, Then Move to Cursor
In v0.dev — it’s very straightforward case of just copy and pasting the prompt in and voila, actually pretty decent marketing landing page :
You can of course continue developing your landing page here with specific prompts i.e. change the colour or update the text. I find you quickly run out of your v0 credits and its not as customisable than if you took the code and work in Cursor.
In Cursor, it’s a little more involved, you either can copy the ‘run this command’ from v0 and load it into Cursor. Or slightly easier just download the ZIP file and drop it into your folder.
Tip: In Cursor if the terminal cannot be found, you need to look out for this button in the top right:
🛑 Important: Always open the folder inside the unzipped project. If you open the parent folder, Cursor might misplace files.
Now let’s run the app locally i.e. it’s just going to create a personal server on your machine and only you can see the web app running.
Go to terminal and command: npm install
This will install any packages the application needs to run. If you run into any issues here, you can copy and paste the ‘errors’ from the terminal into the Chat on the right hand side of Cursor.
I actually had some issues with the install and the cursor agent (make sure its in agent mode) gave some suggestions which fixed the issues right away.
Finally we command in the terminal: npm run dev
This creates the server and you can go into your browser of choice and go to the URL provided in the terminal. Again if you have any issues, copy and paste into the chat (make sure its in agent mode) and troubleshoot.
Usually the website is: http://localhost:3000/
Option 2 —Build Directly in Cursor
Instead of going to v0 to create the UI, you can also just generate right in Cursor.
While it’s not public exactly which model v0 is using, you can choose a model in the Cursor chat function (next to choosing agent mode). I keep mine in claude-3.7-sonnet thinking mode and it seems to do pretty well.
I experimented with one shot prompts, creating documentation, lots of rules for cursor to follow and starting with a scaffold folder structure.
For the purposes of this step by step — we will just one shot prompt the marketing landing page.
Now we copy and paste the prompt into the chat, making sure we are in agent mode with our preferred model.
It may take a few minutes going back and forth with you to run various commands to set up the various files needed. I honestly don’t even understand every single thing it was doing in detail, I just keep pressing ‘run command’ and ‘accept’.
Note, you can also opt to auto-run but I like to keep an eye on what’s being executed in my terminal. Also after 25 back and forth with the agent, it stops — you just have to hit continue in case that happens to you.
Once the cursor agent has finished coding up the landing page, it will usually prompt you to start the development server with either ‘npm run dev’ or ‘npm start’.
Head over to the url provided in your browser of choice and voila, another landing page all done.
Now you’ve got a working marketing landing page in development, you can continue working with the Cursor agent to make changes.
If you found this guide helpful, please drop a comment or reach out. And stay tuned for the next post where I’ll show you how to deploy your landing page live to the web.
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