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Format for clarification questions posted in GitHub issue/PR handoff comments
Where files are headingNew Cursor rule files have more rules about planning and tracking tasks, and fewer about code style.
Of the Cursor rule files we read, the 4,181 first seen in the last six months, against the older ones: the kind of rule that gained most share, and the kind that lost most. About files like this in general, not this one, and an estimate, since a kind is a pattern in the words.
In this repository45 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- .cursor/rules/reset-font-assets.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/src-dotnet-build-release.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/unity-plugins-before-work.mdcCursor rule
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- commitSkill
- complete-prdSkill
- dependency-docsSkill
- dotnet-buildSkill
- dotnet-testSkill
- generate-imageSkill
- implementSkill
- meeting-joinSkill
- meeting-scheduleSkill
- meeting-startSkill
- plan-reviewSkill
- planSkill
- prSkill
- specifySkill
- unity-e2e-runSkill
- unity-pluginsSkill
- add-terminal-commandSkill
- dependency-docsSkill
- dotnet-benchmarkSkill
- dotnet-buildSkill
- dotnet-testSkill
- end-game-score-calibrationSkill
- flag-assetsSkill
- github-issue-automationSkill
- image-generationSkill
- localizationSkill
- meeting-joinSkill
- meeting-scheduleSkill
- meeting-startSkill
- milestone-completeSkill
- province-config-generatorSkill
- unity-e2e-runSkill
- unity-pluginsSkill
- unity-prefabsSkill
- unity-scenesSkill
- update-branchSkill
- cursor-meeting-joinSkill
- cursor-meeting-startSkill
- unity-pluginsSkill
The file
We split this issue-clarification-questions.mdc into the rules it gives an agent
1 rule. About 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈1
Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
0
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 8
When asking the owner for decisions on a GitHub issue or PR, put the questions in the handoff comment itself.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 6,668 Cursor rule files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
--- description: Format for clarification questions posted in GitHub issue/PR handoff comments alwaysApply: true --- # Clarification Questions in Issue / PR Comments When asking the owner for decisions on a GitHub issue or PR, put the questions in the handoff comment itself. ## Required format 1. **Always write the questions in the comment** — do not only point at a spec Ambiguities section or say “open clarifications remain.” 2. **Number them `0`–`9` (then `10+`)** so the owner can answer with `N: answer`. 3. **Show the full question text** for each item, with enough context to decide without opening another file. Assumed defaults may follow in parentheses. ## Anti-patterns - Abbreviated titles only (“influence definition”, “FIFO vs merge”) - “See spec Ambiguities” without repeating the questions - Unnumbered bullets the owner cannot cite
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