captains-compass-cursor / rules
Cursor rule2 starsChanged 31 days agoMITView on GitHub
Where project knowledge belongs across docs, Skills, and 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 4,183 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 repository52 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .cursor/rules/00-core-operating-model.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/01-plan-approval-gate.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/02-git-worktree-policy.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/03-validation-definition-of-done.mdcCursor rule
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- agent-skills-packagingSkill
- autonomy-budgetSkill
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- candidate-promotionSkill
- capability-planningSkill
- code-reviewerSkill
- code-structure-cleanupSkill
- compass-evaluatorSkill
- context-inodesSkill
- dependency-supply-chainSkill
- docker-cloudSkill
- embedding-providersSkill
- execution-telemetrySkill
- experience-routingSkill
- experience-skill-trainingSkill
- external-knowledge-ingestSkill
- github-integrationSkill
- goose-agent-orchestrationSkill
- harness-gcSkill
- hosted-vector-dbSkill
- implementation-planningSkill
- ios-engineeringSkill
- knowledge-stewardSkill
- linear-integrationSkill
- node-engineeringSkill
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- notion-integrationSkill
- package-registry-tiSkill
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- playwright-browser-validationSkill
- postgres-prismaSkill
- procedure-playbooksSkill
- project-overseerSkill
- pull-request-preparationSkill
- python-mlSkill
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- repository-discoverySkill
- review-fix-loopSkill
- security-audit-proceduresSkill
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- source-code-contextSkill
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- testing-validationSkill
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The file
We split this 04-documentation-memory.mdc into the rules it gives an agent
4 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈4
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 6
Keep project memory accurate after meaningful work.
- Distinctive: line 19
Do not store secrets in documentation.
- Distinctive: line 20
Do not store implementation-critical approvals only outside the repository.
- Distinctive: line 21
Update PROGRESS.md and relevant docs before declaring work complete.
≈ “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: Where project knowledge belongs across docs, Skills, and rules alwaysApply: true --- Keep project memory accurate after meaningful work. Document ownership: - PROJECT_CONTEXT.md — durable product, stack, repo map, constraints, terminology - DECISIONS.md — architectural and process decisions (ADRs) - PROGRESS.md — current status, completed work, next steps, blockers - TESTING.md — how to test this project; commands and checklists - CHANGELOG.md — user-facing and workflow version history - IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md — approval-gated execution contract for the active change - Skills — detailed task procedures loaded only when relevant - Rules — always-on operating constraints; keep short Do not store secrets in documentation. Do not store implementation-critical approvals only outside the repository. Update PROGRESS.md and relevant docs before declaring work complete.
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