Hi All I am a massive fan of Cursor, recently ditched erm a surfboard style ‘thing’ in favour of Cursor - However (and I want to relay I am not hating on cursor one bit) What REALLY frustrates me is the incomplete documentation on how ‘rules’ work. I am in a mess now, I originally started with j…

The usage of multiple files and automatic usage of the right file is what is important. you do not want an extremely large .cursorrules file to be always used in the context of every chat and slow you down or confuse the LLM unnecessarily. lots of people face that

Thanks, but I have to ask where did this knowledge come from - as it isn’t in the cursor formal documentation. I am not saying you are wrong at all, it just seems to me and quite a fair few people that every other person has a tip or trick or a new way of doing this. Can you breakdown your explanati…

[image] bluepenguindigital: where did this knowledge come from - as it isn’t in the cursor formal documentation I think it isn’t in Cursor documentation because they don’t know either. AI is advancing way too rapidly so we’re all figuring it out together. [image] Condor (Tee): The usage …

Its best to write just text or markdown. The .cursorrules file should have general guidelines that are guiding overall behavior. For specifics use the new 0.45 capabilty to have multiple cursor rule files declared that are selected by best match. While XML, yaml or json may work best for certain m…

According to my observations, “rules for ai” is shared across different windows. It is included. Cursorrules are obviously project specific.

Hi All So just a new point that has come up - after using the nice simple YAML rules and having really good consistent success - today has totally gone out of the window, its like dealing with a drunk baby whi ahs never seen the project - Can someone more experienced than I ( @troehrkasse ? …

You mentioned previously that is when switching models, literally I changed nothing, still using the YAML on Claude as i was before.

Without seeing more details of how you run it, with what prompt etc. its tricky to state the actual cause. The biggest impact is when changing models but i did not go yet into other influences and issues this approach causes just by itself. AI is not like a calculation where 2 + 2 always results in…

Thank you, I guess what I am struggling with as I have said this previously is that we have this amazing tool that can do pretty awesome things, but no one seems to know how to use it for a consistent outcome. 1 persons opinion contradicts another and another. I am yet to see anyone from cursor comm…

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condor (Condor (Tee)) February 27, 2025, 5:31pm 33

lol the best rules are indeed markdown. there is no need to overcomplicate things.

while you can reference any file in the chat/composer it does make sense to keep documentation in a central folder.

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