.claude overrides .cursor

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I have my .cursor file gitignored or listed in .git/info/exclude, while .claude, which is used by other developers, is being tracked in Git.

Even so, I have .claude in the cursor ignore list, and in the UI it displays a “disabled” icon next to .claude files. If you try to search for a skill, it ignores those in .cursor and only shows the .claude ones.

It’s a terrible bug which makes impossible to reference skills in the chat.

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Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue. .cursorignore currently doesn’t block .claude files coming from the rules/skills loader, even if the UI shows them as disabled. The team is aware, and we’re tracking the bug.

For now, as a workaround, try turning off the setting “Include third-party Plugins, Skills, and other configs” in Cursor Settings > Rules. This should stop Cursor from pulling in .claude skills. The downside is that if you use third-party plugins from other sources, those will be disabled too.

If that setting is already off and you still see the issue, please share your Cursor version and a screenshot that shows .cursor skills don’t show up in search.

Let me know if the workaround helped.

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