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Awesome CursorRules

Skill : A reusable method: instructions, procedures, sometimes scripts or templates · requires cursor

Community library of rule files by framework and language to guide Cursor.

The best free starting point: plain text files, worth reading before you adopt them.

Official site GitHub · 41,016 ★

Overall score

8.8 /10

Security: nothing to flag

Utility

8.0

Reliability

9.0

Security

No caveat on record

Ease

5 min · Beginner

Security reflects where data goes, requested permissions and incidents on record at the verification date. It is not a guarantee of zero risk: check the deployment mode and the connections you enable.

What it does, concretely

When using Cursor for coding, the editor has no knowledge of your project's specific conventions: chosen framework, naming style, preferred libraries, or security constraints. Without explicit instructions, it generates generic code that often requires repeated corrections.

Awesome CursorRules is a community repository that collects rule files in Markdown format (.mdc), organized by framework and language. These files are placed in the .cursor/rules/ folder of your project and tell Cursor how to behave: which architecture to follow, which libraries to prefer, which mistakes to avoid. Cursor reads these text files at each code generation.

This tool is aimed at developers who use Cursor daily and want the editor's suggestions to match their project's standards from the start, whether working alone or in a team. Rules shared in .cursor/rules/ allow all contributors to a project to benefit from the same instructions.

However, if you do not use Cursor as your code editor, this library will be of no use to you. It does not work with other editors or AI assistants.

What it offers

·Library of .mdc files covering major frontend frameworks: Next.js, React, Vue 3, Svelte, SvelteKit, Solid.js, Angular, Astro, Qwik.
·Rules for backend and full-stack environments, including Cloudflare Workers, Supabase, Vercel, and other common setups.
·Dedicated files for mobile development, games, and graphics tools.
·Specialized rules by language (TypeScript, Python, etc.) and domain (security, testing, documentation, database, API).
·.mdc format based on Markdown, readable and editable without any special tool, compatible with Cursor's .cursor/rules/ folder.
·Rules shareable among team members via the project's code repository, to align AI assistance on the same standards.
·CC0 license: files are in the public domain, with no usage or attribution restrictions.
·Advanced thematic rules, such as preventing Supabase authentication errors or handling TanStack Query v5 patterns.

Our tips

Only place the .mdc files relevant to your project in .cursor/rules/: adding all available rules risks creating conflicts or noise in suggestions.
For a team, commit the chosen .mdc files directly into the project's Git repository so that each contributor automatically benefits from the same instructions without manual setup.
Read the content of an .mdc file before adopting it: some rules are very specific to a configuration (for example Next.js 15 with Supabase and precise security constraints) and may not match your architecture.
You can modify a retrieved .mdc file to adapt it to your internal conventions: the Markdown format is straightforward to edit.
Check the Testing and Security categories in the repository if you want to guide Cursor on sensitive topics such as testing conventions or security best practices.

Watch out

File quality varies by contributor: some rules are detailed and well maintained, while others are generic or potentially outdated relative to the latest framework versions.

In practice

Price: Free
Commercial use: Commercial use: yes
Available on: cursor
Host: cursor
Licence: CC0-1.0
FR interface: No

Security and data

Rating: Security: nothing to flag
Your data: Data stays local
Maintenance: Active

Links and repository checked on 25 October 2026 · added on 1 June 2024

How to install Awesome CursorRules

1. Go to the GitHub repository github.com/PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules. 2. Browse the categories (Frontend, Backend, Language-Specific, Security, etc.) and identify the .mdc files suited to your project. 3. Read the content of the chosen file to verify it matches your configuration before using it. 4. Create the .cursor/rules/ folder at the root of your project if it does not already exist. 5. Copy the selected .mdc files into that folder. Cursor will read them automatically in your next interactions. 6. These files contain only Markdown text: no code is executed on your machine.

Copier le fichier choisi dans .cursor/rules/

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