Our assessment of cursorrules

Maintenance, license and trust

• The repository was last updated about 2.1 years ago, so treat cursorrules as unmaintained and verify it before relying on it.
• Our last check on 2026-10-18 found the source still online.
• It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
• Its trust signals score 80/100, with 2 cautions from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.

Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful.

AI review by kimi-k2.7-code on 2026-09-23. Automated pattern scan on 2026-09-24. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install cursorrules?

Run npx skills add Qwertic/cursorrules. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent.

Which AI agents does cursorrules work with?

It is written for Cursor, as a .cursorrules file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.

Is cursorrules safe to use?

Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful. It is MIT-licensed and scores 80/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.

Is cursorrules still maintained?

The repository was last updated about 2.1 years ago, so treat cursorrules as unmaintained and verify it before relying on it.