Cursor Rules (.cursorrules) Standard

Standardized project-specific behavioral rules guiding Cursor AI agents on architecture and styles.

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What it does

A community standard for defining contextual constraints, file structure patterns, TypeScript typing conventions, and framework rules within .cursorrules or .cursor/rules/ files for optimal Cursor AI output.

Installation & Setup

Level: beginner

Place a .cursorrules file in your repository root or define rule files inside .cursor/rules/*.mdc.

Prerequisites: Cursor IDE.

Security & Privacy Notes

Pure static markdown configuration files interpreted locally by the Cursor editor.

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