# Models ignore user rules and project rules **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [June 19, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/models-ignore-user-rules-and-project-rules/106377 "2025-06-19T23:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![exoder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/exoder/32/67232_2.png) [@exoder](https://forum.cursor.com/u/exoder)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/models-ignore-user-rules-and-project-rules/106377/1 "2025-06-19T23:00:32Z")
### Describe the Bug I don’t know if it is problem with cursor or models. But I have rules listed in User rules and project-level rules. But models just ignore them - often even when I specifically tell them to use rules - they confirm they can see them. The only model that seems to always read and follow rules - claude-4-sonnet, without my direct prompt - uses rules every time. o3, gemini-2.5-pro - ignore them all the time ### Steps to Reproduce Obvious from the description ### Expected Behavior Models have to follow rules without my direct prompt at every reqest ### Operating System MacOS ### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy) Version: 1.1.3 (Universal) VSCode Version: 1.96.2 Commit: 979ba33804ac150108481c14e0b5cb970bda3260 Date: 2025-06-15T06:37:17.379Z Electron: 34.5.1 Chromium: 132.0.6834.210 Node.js: 20.19.0 V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0 OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/models-ignore-user-rules-and-project-rules/106377/2 "2025-07-19T23:01:02Z")
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