Feature request for product/service
Cursor IDE
Describe the request
I’d like an option to automatically generate the .cursorignore file when opening a project. To save read tokens, I’m currently prompted with “Create .cursorignore.” every time.
Hi @Zakutu Thanks for the feature request! I think a great way to handle this right now would be to create a cursor skill that you can invoke when you spool up a new repo!
I would ask Cursor “Please help me create a skill that …”
The personal Cursor Skill can live at ~/.cursor/skills/cursorignore/SKILL.md and just type /cursorignore in chat to generate the file on demand. Here’s some scaffolding you could use to start.
---
name: cursorignore
description: Generate a tailored .cursorignore at the workspace root based on the detected stack (Node, Python, Rust, Go, monorepo, etc.). Use when the user says /cursorignore or asks to create a .cursorignore.
disable-model-invocation: true
Keeping it as disable model invocation means it stays out of your context window and can only be manually invoked by you typing the command.