Per this conversation, importing rules from github is the best practice. In this latest Rules Setting section from the Customize section I cannot figure out how to do it. My existing projects still import the rules but I have a new project and cannot figure it out. Also, the documentation seems to refer to the old Rules settings functionality.
Hey @Mark_Klimp, thanks for the report, and you’re not missing anything.
The GitHub import option lived in the older Cursor Settings > Rules tab. With the move to the new Customize page, that tab is hidden, and the “Import from GitHub” option hasn’t been added to Customize > Rules yet, so there is currently no button for it. Our docs are out of date here, too. we’ve flagged both to the team.
The good news is that the import was always just a copy of the .mdc files into your project, which is why your older projects still have them. You can get the exact same result by cloning your rules repo into the same spot. From your new project’s root folder:
git clone https://github.com/makmgusa/Cursor-Rules .cursor/rules/imported/Cursor-Rules
Cursor picks up .mdc files in nested folders under .cursor/rules automatically, so the rules will show up in Customize > Rules and apply right away (restart Cursor if they don’t appear). When you update the rules repo, run git pull inside that folder to refresh them in the project.
Let me know if the rules don’t show up after that and I’ll dig in further.