User rules ignored

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

In settings I added a new user rule. There was one in there already. It is not seeing the new rule. I asked the agent and it only listed the previous rule.

Steps to Reproduce

create a new rule, like “always respond in pirate speak”

Expected Behavior

It prints pirate speak when showing dialog

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.34
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 45fd70f3fe72037444ba35c9e51ce86a1977ac10
Date: 2025-10-29T06:51:29.202Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

2

Hey, thanks for the report. To help with debugging, could you please clarify:

  • Which mode are you in?
  • How are you verifying the rule is ignored? Did you ask the Agent to list rules, or is the behavior simply not matching the rule?
  • Check the sidebar: when in Agent chat, hover over the active context, do you see your attached rules there?
  • Rule type: in Settings → Rules, what type is selected? (Always Apply / Apply Intelligently / Apply to Specific Files / Apply Manually)

Quick test in Agent chat:

  1. Type @ and your rule name
  2. Send a message and check if the rule is followed now

Let me know what you find.

3

After some restarts and updates, it appears to see the rules. Thanks.

4

Keeps happening with me as well.