Hey everyone! :wave: With the release of Cursor v0.45.2, the new “project-specific rules” feature has been a hot topic! For those who haven’t tried it yet, this update lets you define custom rules (with descriptions and glob patterns) tailored to specific projects. Check out the announcement post f…

[image] asapMaki: .cursorrules only for → Rules for AI Rules for AI only for → chat and Command - K sessions but not for a composer/agent ? .cursorrules and Rules for AI function as they did before, as outlined here: Context / Rules for AI – Cursor There is no change in their functionality. …

Is it possible to create a comprehensive guide on how to add project rules? I’ve created the .cursor folder and a *.mdc file. I’ve added my desired rule to the file, for example, recording any changes in progress.md file and pointing it to that folder. However, nothing seems to be happening. Where a…

I’ve realised that rules outside this .cursor/rules/ folder are not being recognised. Is this correct? And what’s the best way to organise these .mdc files? Seems like we can’t event have subfolders within .cursor/

I still dont know how it work … how it aotu select what is useful ? some keywork input to the composer ,then it would auto find the right information from project-rules? “When you specify file patterns here (e.g. *.tsx), this rule will automatically be included in AI responses for files matching …

can i use the rules to control the function “Gernarate Commit Message” ?

Hey, not yet, but we’ll add this feature soon.

I just tested it for a while and found that this rule is really easy to use. It is highly reusable and the experience is also very good.it made the whole project clearer and more controllable.

Hot tip: Autosave doesn’t work on the mdc editor (IE: save on focus change). Note the globs are just a line in the file. Format is pretty trivial.

can we make folders in the project rules? so .cursor/rules/protocols/how-we-make-pew-pew.mdc, .cursor/rules/personas/michael-scott.mdc etc? will it still work the same or do they all have to be in the root

I’ve noticed the rules don’t seem to get applied on reruns or edits of a message in Composer. Could we get it to apply on those? Separately, I had an idea to make rules even more powerful with something I call “Agent Flows” (or “Flow Rules”). I’ve outlined it in a separate post here: [Link to Agent…

When choosing a file, can we have that fancy folder choosing. Since I mostly follow Folder/index.tsx pattern And choosing a specific file with current implementation is not effective [image]

Using the "project-rules" in 0.45.2

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T1nker-1220 (JOHN NATHANIEL MARQUEZ) February 7, 2025, 12:24pm 24

Guys! I have created a new rule for context management that will help you and AI to share in one brain and knowledge, here in this links the other descriptions:

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Using the "project-rules" in 0.45.2

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