CursorAI/Project Rule/Type

• CursorAI Project Rule Types

  • CursorAI/Project Rule/Type/Always

    • Official Description from UI

      • This rule attached to every chat and command+k request
        

    • Activated when

      • CursorAI/Project Rule/Frontmatter/description is empty
      • CursorAI/Project Rule/Frontmatter/globs is empty
      • CursorAI/Project Rule/Frontmatter/alwaysApply is true

    • #Example Markdown Yaml Frontmatter

      • ---
        description: 
        globs: 
        alwaysApply: true
        ---

  • CursorAI/Project Rule/Type/AutoAttached

    • Official Description from UI

      • When you specify file patterns here (e.g. *.py or client/**/*.tsx), this rule will automatically be included in AI responses for files matching those patterns.
        

    • Activated when

      • CursorAI/Project Rule/Frontmatter/description is empty
      • CursorAI/Project Rule/Frontmatter/globs is filled in with one or more glob
      • CursorAI/Project Rule/Frontmatter/alwaysApply is false

    • #Example Markdown Yaml Frontmatter

      • ---
        description: 
        globs: *.txt
        alwaysApply: false
        ---

  • CursorAI/Project Rule/Type/AgentRequested

    • Official Description from UI

      • The agent can see this description and decide to read the full rule if it wants it.
        

    • Activated when

      • CursorAI/Project Rule/Frontmatter/description is filled in with a phrase that will activate the agent
      • CursorAI/Project Rule/Frontmatter/globs is empty
      • CursorAI/Project Rule/Frontmatter/alwaysApply is false

    • #Example Markdown Yaml Frontmatter

      • ---
        description: Use this when composing git commits
        globs: 
        alwaysApply: false
        ---

  • CursorAI/Project Rule/Type/Manual

    • Official Description from UI

      • This rule needs to be mentioned to be included
        

    • Activated when

      • CursorAI/Project Rule/Frontmatter/description is empty
      • CursorAI/Project Rule/Frontmatter/globs is empty
      • CursorAI/Project Rule/Frontmatter/alwaysApply is false

    • #Example Markdown Yaml Frontmatter

      • ---
        description: 
        globs: 
        alwaysApply: false
        ---