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Cursor Rules: Make AI Follow Your Style

Set up .cursorrules so AI always codes the way you want.

Lesson Notes

Cursor Rules is a plain text file (.cursorrules) you put in your project root. Every AI interaction in that project will follow those rules. Use it to enforce: preferred language/framework, naming conventions, forbidden patterns (like "never use any"), and even tone ("explain changes in comments"). This is the single biggest quality-of-life improvement for team projects.

Your Challenge

+15 XP

Create a .cursorrules file in your project root. Write rules for your stack (e.g., "Always use TypeScript. Use Tailwind for styling. Prefer functional components."). Ask Cursor to generate a new component and check if it follows your rules.