Cursor not following Rules

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Describe the Bug

Hey

I added Cursorrules but it did not follow the rules I added there

Steps to Reproduce

Adding Cursorrules

Expected Behavior

It should follow the rules

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 0.44.8
VSCode Version: 1.93.1
Commit: f3b5a63019e4e2283033b4db987a35f8413c7570
Date: 2024-12-22T05:48:08.427Z
Electron: 30.5.1
Chromium: 124.0.6367.243
Node.js: 20.16.0
V8: 12.4.254.20-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

Additional Information

None

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

Hey, make sure you have checked the checkbox in the settings. Also, to verify if the rules are working, you can add a test marker, like: Always start the response with “Hey Bro”. The phrase can be different at your discretion.

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Hey

I enabled the cursorrules and I added that it should make git commits after every change but it did not follow this rules.

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Any update on this? I am experiencing the same thing, I told it to always start by telling me it will read the rules, and end with I have read the rules and I NEVER see that in the output. When I remind it, it does it once, then never again. I am using the workspace rules not the .curorrules file. I am getting real annoyed having to remind it to do stuff it should be doing based off the rules. AND wasting time and tokens
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