Why is the Apply Model making judgement calls instead of just insert lines?

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This drives me nuts. When Cursor just needs to add a few properties for example, to a list of existing properties, it will wipe the list and re-add it with the new properties – the problem is that it replaces the values with its own judgement which is infuriating.

For example, if I have padding = 2, opacity = 0.5 etc etc…

Instead of adding a new property, it will rewrite everything and make a judgement call and change padding = 8 // provide generous padding blah blah … opacity = 0.8 // make more reeadble … etc.

It should not be making judgement calls, just add the code necessary.

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Hey, AI models tend to behave this way if there are no clear rules. Create a .cursorrules file or input your rules in the Cursor settings, specifying what it should do and what it shouldn’t. I hope this helps.