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+## Cursor Cloud specific instructions
+
+This section is for Cloud Agents running in VMs without CUDA hardware.
+
+### Environment overview
+
+- **pixi** is the primary environment manager. It is installed at
+  `~/.pixi/bin/pixi`; ensure `~/.pixi/bin` is on `PATH`.
+- The VM update script installs pixi and runs `pixi install` for the root
+  workspace and all sub-package environments. No manual dependency installation
+  needed.
+- Always use the **`cu13`** environment (not `default`) for `cuda_bindings`
+  and `cuda_core`. The `default` environment does not pin a CUDA version and
+  may fail to build due to header mismatches.
+
+### Building packages
+
+All three packages build from source using pixi, which pulls CUDA Toolkit
+headers from conda-forge (no local CUDA installation needed):
+
+- `cuda_pathfinder`: `cd cuda_pathfinder && pixi install -e default`
+- `cuda_bindings`: `cd cuda_bindings && pixi install -e cu13` (~35 s, Cython
+  compilation of 26 extension modules)
+- `cuda_core`: `cd cuda_core && pixi install -e cu13` (~60 s, builds
+  cuda_bindings as a path dependency then 38 extension modules)
+
+### What can run without a GPU
+
+- `cuda_pathfinder`: build, test (`pixi run -e default test`), and import all
+  work without CUDA hardware.
+- `cuda_bindings`: builds and imports successfully (`pixi run -e cu13 python
+  -c "from cuda.bindings import driver, runtime, nvrtc"`).
+- `cuda_core`: builds all Cython extensions but **import fails at runtime**
+  without GPU drivers (`cuMemGetMemPool` symbol missing from cydriver). This is
+  expected; the build itself verifies compilation correctness.
+- Repo-wide **ruff lint/format** via `pixi run ruff check .` / `pixi run ruff
+  format --check .` from the repo root.
+- **pre-commit** checks: `pre-commit run --all-files` (needs
+  `pip install pre-commit` if not already present).
+
+### Running tests
+
+- **cuda_pathfinder**: `cd cuda_pathfinder && pixi run -e default test`
+  (975+ tests, ~4 s).
+- **cuda_bindings** / **cuda_core** tests require a GPU and CUDA drivers.
+  See each package's `AGENTS.md` for details.
+
+### Gotchas
+
+- pixi lockfiles use an older format (v6); the `WARN` about upgrading to v7 is
+  safe to ignore and should not be acted upon (running `pixi lock` would change
+  committed lockfiles).
+- The root `pixi.toml` workspace tasks (`test`, `docs`) delegate to
+  sub-package pixi environments and are Linux-only.
+- `pre-commit` hooks download their own tool versions on first run (~25 s);
+  subsequent runs are fast.
+- `cuda_bindings` `default` environment fails to build due to unpinned CUDA
+  version causing header/code mismatches. Always use `cu13` (or `cu12`).