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- Category
- Text & chat
- Works with
- Claude Code · Cursor
- Length
- 89 words
- Fields to fill
- None. Paste and go.
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Write Cursor project rules for your codebase
This prompt writes project rules for Cursor's agent, split into small files by topic and scoped to the right folders. It includes a rule to ask before adding new dependencies, a common source of trouble.
Help me write project rules for Cursor (files in .cursor/rules) for this codebase. Stack: [e.g. React Native, Expo, TypeScript] Conventions: [e.g. functional components, Zustand for state, styles in a separate file] Things the AI keeps getting wrong: [e.g. uses old API, adds new libraries] Split the rules into a few small files by topic, and say which files or folders each one should apply to. Each rule should be one clear instruction with a short reason. Add a rule telling the AI to ask before adding a new dependency.
Add a rule every time the AI makes the same mistake twice. Rules work best when they come from real problems.
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