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How projects write Cursor rules: 557 files counted

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Most projects now write Cursor rules as .mdc files in .cursor/rules : 510 of the 557 rule files the registry has collected, against 47 legacy .cursorrules files. Of the .mdc rules, 32.7% load in every chat, 32.2% attach to matching files and 28.8% let the agent decide. And 46 set a narrow file patt…

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  1. 2026-10-05 00:09 · DEV Community — AI
    How projects write Cursor rules: 557 files counted

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