cursor.directory
Community rules for Cursor AI. Copy a rule, get better AI suggestions for your stack.
In plain English
Like giving a new employee an onboarding document. Instead of explaining your team's way of doing things every time they write something, you hand them a guide: 'Here's how we name files, here's our style, here's what we use.'
Real-world example
You're using Cursor to build a Next.js app, but it keeps suggesting old patterns. You grab a .cursorrules file from cursor.directory that says 'use App Router, use server components by default, use Tailwind' — and suddenly the AI writes code exactly the way you want.
Where this fits in your project
This is your AI configuration layer — it tells your AI coding tool how your project works so it writes better code.
When to use this
When you use Cursor and want the AI to understand your project's conventions — framework, style, patterns — without explaining it every time.
The situation
Cursor's AI suggestions don't match your coding style or framework conventions.
Good for
- + Any project using Cursor
- + Teams with specific coding standards
- + Framework-specific projects
Not ideal for
- - If you don't use Cursor
- - If you prefer to configure AI yourself
Getting started
Browse cursor.directory, find rules for your stack, copy the .cursorrules file to your project root.