Start with principles extracted from the reference
Paste a Gather handoff into Cursor and ask it to identify the reference's layout logic before writing code. Decide which principles fit your product, then make those principles constraints for the implementation.
Keep the source available during iteration
When the first version feels wrong, compare it with the reference using specific dimensions: proportion, whitespace, contrast, type scale, edge treatment, and information density. That produces more useful revisions than asking to make the page feel more polished.
- Reference the image in the initial implementation request
- Record the extracted principles in the project plan
- Reattach the reference for visual review
- Preserve accessibility and product constraints over imitation
Search by project stage
The right reference for a landing-page composition is not necessarily the right reference for a dense product table. Gather lets you retrieve a new direction when the work moves to a different surface without abandoning the overall library.
Takeaway
Cursor supplies implementation speed; Gather supplies reusable visual context and a way to retrieve it on demand.