Possible to have custom "Rules for AI" per window/project?

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I just signed up fro pro but have a question. Is there a way to use a custom “Rules of AI” for each project/window im working on?

so for example i have to have 1 set of “Rules for AI” when im working on webdev projects ie css, javascript, html etc. and then have a different set of AI Rules/prompt for a ios/swift project window.

is that possible?

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@billyneam - I believe a related question and answer is here:

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hi thanks yea i read that but the answer is still a bit hazy

" 1. Rules for AI is global, if .cursorrules present in repo, will be appended (i guess? maybe prepended) to rules for AI."

appended vs prepended will likely cause very different responses.

So which one is it?

Maybe the best option would be to leave “Rules for AI” empty and only use
cursorrules file on the project level?

id prefer not appending additional instructions and only want 1 set of rules / system prompt but focused for a project specific language

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Yep this is what i do
No global rules and when i need rules i either copy one of my templates to the specific project or create a new one.

Just wish there was a .cursorindex as well

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