cursor-rules
A style guide for Cursor rules—covering clean-code practices, architecture guidelines, language-specific rules and guidelines for tooling usage
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npx skills add davenicoll/cursor-rulesInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
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Cursor IDE rules (legacy)
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View source on GitHubCursor Rules
I created this repo as a style guide for Cursor rules—covering naming conventions, clean-code practices, version management, language-specific rules, and architecture guidelines. The goal is to steer Cursor’s AI toward more consistent, reliable outputs.
See https://davenicoll.com/getting-started-with-ai-assisted-coding/ for how to use these rules.
Cursor Setup
The fastest way to start using rules in Cursor is to either symlink the .cursor folder or copy the entire .cursor folder into the root of your repository containing code. Cursor will automatically apply the rules in your next chat session.
Contributions Welcome
Fork and PR. This is the way.
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