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Which Cursor rules deserve alwaysApply (and which should wait for a glob)

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Someone asked me: how do you decide which rules earn the always-on slot, and which can wait until a matching file shows up? That's the real product question. Not "how many rules can I zip." The wrong answer Putting everything in alwaysApply: true . You pay context rent every turn. After compaction,…

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  1. 2026-10-29 02:21 · DEV Community — AI
    Which Cursor rules deserve alwaysApply (and which should wait for a glob)

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