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Coding style rules
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 4,157 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 repository28 other files it gives its agents.
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- .cursor/rules/agent.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/commit_msg.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/common.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/deprecated.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/github_actions.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/langfuse.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/llm.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/long_run_code.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/makefile-commands.mdCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/package-management.mdCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/tests.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/typing.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/uv.mdcCursor rule
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- goose-gui-e2eSkill
- local-sandboxSkill
- manage-agent-configSkill
- new-agent-ruleSkill
- onboardingSkill
- push-releaseSkill
- cleanupSkill
- code-qualitySkill
- prek-precommit-hookSkill
- thermo-nuclear-code-quality-reviewSkill
- usageSkill
- waitSkill
- gmail-mcpSkill
The file
We split this coding_style.mdc into the rules it gives an agent
7 rules. About 0 are common, 7 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈7
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 7
Use snake case for all function, file, and directory names
- Distinctive: line 8
Use camel case for class names
- Distinctive: line 9
Use all lowercase for variable names
- Distinctive: line 10
Use all uppercase for constants
- Distinctive: line 11
Use 4 spaces for indentation
- Distinctive: line 12
Use double quotes for strings
- Distinctive: line 13
Don't make markdown docs/references unless explicitly told
≈ “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: Coding style rules globs: alwaysApply: true --- ## Stylistic preferences - Use snake case for all function, file, and directory names - Use camel case for class names - Use all lowercase for variable names - Use all uppercase for constants - Use 4 spaces for indentation - Use double quotes for strings - Don't make markdown docs/references unless explicitly told
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