My .cursorignore file

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If I understand correctly, this file is only used to keep the defined files from being indexed and nothing more? They can still be referenced in chat, edited by the agent, etc?

# Build directories
/build/
/dist/
/out/
/.next/
/.nuxt/
/.output/

# Dependencies
/node_modules/
/bower_components/
/.pnp/
/.pnp.js
/vendor/

# Environment variables and secrets
.env
.env.*
*.pem
*.key
id_rsa
*.cert
*.p12
*_private*

# Large files and datasets
*.csv
*.xls
*.xlsx
*.db
*.sqlite
*.sql
*.parquet
*.bin
*.model
*.ckpt
*.pb
*.h5
*.weights
*.pt
*.pth

# Logs and caches
/logs/
/.cache/
*.log
npm-debug.log*
yarn-debug.log*
yarn-error.log*
.DS_Store
Thumbs.db

# Test coverage and reports
/coverage/
/.nyc_output/
/test-results/
/cypress/screenshots/
/cypress/videos/

# Generated files
*.min.js
*.min.css
*.generated.*

# Documentation
/docs/
/documentation/
*.md
*.mdx
/README.md

# Media files
*.jpg
*.jpeg
*.png
*.gif
*.svg
*.ico
*.mp3
*.mp4
*.mov
*.avi
*.pdf

# Personal/local config files
.vscode/
.idea/
*.swp
*.swo
.DS_Store
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Hey, no, the .cursorignore file excludes files from both AI features and the index. If you need to ignore files specifically for indexing, it’s better to use the .cursorindexingignore file.

Here’s additional info: