diff --git a/.cursor/environment.json b/.cursor/environment.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cursor/environment.json
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+{
+  "name": "Linux kernel",
+  "install": "bash .cursor/install.sh"
+}
diff --git a/.cursor/install.sh b/.cursor/install.sh
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+++ b/.cursor/install.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+sudo apt-get update -qq
+sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+	build-essential \
+	bc \
+	bison \
+	flex \
+	libssl-dev \
+	libelf-dev \
+	libncurses-dev \
+	cpio \
+	kmod \
+	dwarves \
+	rsync \
+	qemu-system-x86 \
+	busybox-static
+
+if [ ! -f .config ]; then
+	make defconfig
+fi
+
+make -j"$(nproc)" bzImage