How can I use Cursor IDE Bugbot with a custom prompt

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

BugBot

Describe the Bug

BugBot in Cursor IDE differs from Cursor Github Action.
Cursor Github Action uses the prompt in a specific folder .cursor/BUGBOT.md and Cursor IDE “Find Issues” completely ignores it

Steps to Reproduce

Run “Find Issues” feature released in the cursor 2.1 version and compare to github action

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.1.36
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 9cd7c8b6cebcbccc1242df211dee45a4b6fe15e0
Date: 2025-11-26T03:43:48.079Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

2

Hey, thanks for the report. You’re right that there’s a difference between the two features.

The custom prompts in .cursor/BUGBOT.md are currently used only by Bugbot’s PR review integration on GitHub/GitLab, as documented here: Bugbot | Cursor Docs

The “Find Issues” feature in Cursor IDE is a separate implementation that doesn’t currently consider these custom prompt files.

This seems like a functionality gap. I’ll pass this on to the team.

There’s already a related feature request here: Rules for Review agent

In the meantime, the GitHub/GitLab integration method should work with your custom prompts as expected.