# User Rules in Cursor Settings Not Working

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/user-rules-in-cursor-settings-not-working/139093>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 27, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/user-rules-in-cursor-settings-not-working/139093 "2025-10-27T11:29:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/user-rules-in-cursor-settings-not-working/139093/2 "2025-10-27T14:30:01Z")

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Hey, thanks for the report. To clarify, User Rules have never been applied to commit message generation, this is a known limitation, not a recent bug.

Staff have confirmed this multiple times:

- The commit generator analyzes your existing git history to match the format, but it doesn’t read User Rules
- Workaround: use a custom slash command with Agent instead of the commit button. Detailed workflow: [Rules not being followed in Git commit message generation - #31 by RafeSacks](https://forum.cursor.com/t/rules-not-being-followed-in-git-commit-message-generation/31093/31)

This feature has been on the team’s list for a while due to high user interest. If you’re sure it worked in an earlier version, please share the version number, that would help the team.

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