Feature request for product/service
Cursor IDE
Describe the request
A recent post `alwaysApply: true` rules are being completely ignored now prompted me to verify whether my own rules are actually being applied. After looking into it, I couldn’t find any reliable way to confirm this.
From what I understand, Cursor rules are injected into the model’s context when they are considered relevant, or always included if alwaysApply is set to true. However, there is currently no visibility into which rules were actually included in a given request.
It would be helpful if Cursor explicitly showed which rules were added to the prompt. A simple approach could be extending the existing UI (where code changes are already visible) with an additional tab that lists all applied rules.
This would:
- Improve transparency around rule application
- Make it easier to detect inconsistencies
- Help debug rules with
alwaysApply: false, where it’s otherwise unclear whether they were triggered
Without this visibility, it’s difficult to trust that rules are functioning as intended.
Operating System (if it applies)
Windows 10/11