After connecting a Cursor rule from a public GitHub repository, the rule disappeared and the option to add or connect rules from GitHub is no longer visible in Cursor settings. On another computer with the same account, the “Add from GitHub” option is still available, so the issue appears specific to this installation. Cursor 2.5.26 (Universal), VSCode 1.105.1, macOS Darwin arm64 25.3.0.
Steps to Reproduce
Previously connected a rule from a public GitHub repo via the rules settings.
The connected rule stopped appearing in the rules list.
Opened Cursor Settings → Rules (or equivalent).
The option to add/connect rules from GitHub is no longer shown.
On another PC, the same account still shows the “Add from GitHub” option.
Expected Behavior
The option to add or connect rules from a GitHub repository should remain available in settings, and rules connected from a public GitHub repo should stay in the list and continue to work. Behavior should be consistent across installations under the same account.
Hey, your screenshot shows that the “+ New” dropdown only has “User Rule.” That’s expected, the “Add from GitHub” option is only available when a project is open.
How to get it back:
Open your project folder in Cursor (File > Open Folder)
Go to Cursor Settings > Rules
Click “+ New” under Project Rules, you should see “Remote Rule (GitHub)”
Hey, this is a known issue with importing rules via GitHub, and the team is aware.
From your screenshot, it looks like the skills like code-review, doc-cleanup, etc. imported fine, but the Rules section is empty. Most likely, during the GitHub import, Cursor finds the SKILL.md files, but it doesn’t pick up the .mdc rules correctly.
A couple things to check:
Make sure the repo has rule files in the right format .mdc, not only skills. Can you share the repo folder structure?
Check if the repo was cloned to ~/.cursor/projects/<workspace-slug>/skills/. If it is, but rules still don’t show up, that matches a confirmed bug.
Workaround: Copy the .mdc files from the repo into .cursor/rules/ in your project folder. That should make Cursor pick them up.
