# Ai rules and .cursorrules not working with composer

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/ai-rules-and-cursorrules-not-working-with-composer/15231>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 6, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/ai-rules-and-cursorrules-not-working-with-composer/15231 "2024-09-06T07:16:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![sora](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/sora/32/4171_2.png) [@sora](https://forum.cursor.com/u/sora)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/ai-rules-and-cursorrules-not-working-with-composer/15231/1 "2024-09-06T07:16:11Z")

</div>

It not follow any of my rules. while rules working fine with chat.  
is this normal or a bug ?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Jakob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/jakob/32/93_2.png) [@Jakob](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Jakob)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/ai-rules-and-cursorrules-not-working-with-composer/15231/2 "2024-09-06T13:55:57Z")

</div>

I just tested it, and the Composer recognizes my rules, both from the “Rules for AI” setting and the `.cursorrules` file. Could you share which rules it isn’t following for you?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![sora](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/sora/32/4171_2.png) [@sora](https://forum.cursor.com/u/sora)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/ai-rules-and-cursorrules-not-working-with-composer/15231/3 "2024-09-08T04:22:46Z")

</div>

I tested it again and now. It’ worked after i restart cursor.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/ai-rules-and-cursorrules-not-working-with-composer/15231/4 "2026-06-18T10:15:35Z")

</div>