What it is, and how people use it
110+ tested .mdc and .cursorrules files for Cursor AI. Validate with cursor-doctor, generate with rule-gen, convert with rule-porter. It sits on the Cursor Rules shelf of the catalog, maintained by @nedcodes-ok.
Why builders keep it installedCursor Rules benefits
Rules encode your framework choices, folder layout and TypeScript style once. Every new chat starts already knowing how your project is built.
Enforce tests, formatting and typing at the prompt level and the agent's pull requests arrive shaped like your team's, not like a tutorial's.
It is plain text checked into .cursor/rules. No runtime, no account, no server - and the file doubles as documentation for humans.
The same rules files increasingly work in Windsurf, Copilot and Claude Code. A convention you write once pays off on every tool you try next.
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Languagesestimated from snapshot
- TypeScript 55.6%
- Shell 44.4%