Does Bugbot respect .cursor/rules or only BUGBOT.md?

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Any recommendations for not duplicating information between the two?

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BugBot reads only .cursor/BUGBOT.md files, not .cursor/rules/. They’re separate systems - .cursor/rules/ is for the Agent/IDE (chat, composer, agent mode), while BUGBOT.md is exclusively for BugBot PR reviews.

To avoid duplication:

  1. Separate by purpose - keep IDE-specific guidance in .cursor/rules/ and PR-review guidance in .cursor/BUGBOT.md

  2. Use relative links in BUGBOT.md - BUGBOT.md supports referencing other Markdown files (e.g., [standards](../../docs/coding-standards.md)), so both systems can point to a single shared doc as the source of truth

  3. Dashboard Team Rules - for standards that apply across all your repos, use Team Rules in the BugBot dashboard

The relative link approach is the most practical - maintain your coding standards in one shared .md file, then reference it from both .cursor/rules/ (via .mdc frontmatter or inline) and .cursor/BUGBOT.md.

Full docs: BugBot Project Rules