Hey, thanks for such a detailed breakdown, it was a great read. And I totally agree with your point: Composer 2.5 is strongest as a diligent do-work model that keeps the goal in mind across long tasks. The combo of a frontier model for planning plus Composer 2.5 for execution really works great.
On the Always Apply rules, yep, I’ve seen the same kind of reports, we’re keeping an eye on it. If you want, drop an example rule here with frontmatter alwaysApply: true and your Cursor version, and we can dig into what’s getting lost in your case. This thread covers similar reports and might help: `alwaysApply: true` rules are being completely ignored now
If you find any other good model pairings for specific tasks, post them in the thread, notes like that are super helpful.