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Cursor rule4 starsChanged 6 months agoMITView on GitHub
iOS development rule
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 repository76 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- .cursor/rules/components.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/currency.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/design-system.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/forbidden-patterns.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/mvvm-architecture.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/pricing-display.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/scope.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/swift-conventions.mdcCursor rule
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The file
We split this file-structure.mdc into the rules it gives an agent
3 rules. About 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 2 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.
2
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 43
When a view grows beyond 150 lines, split into extensions by section:
- Very specific: line 83
NEVER use flat Views/, ViewModels/, or Components/ top-level directories
- Very specific: line 84
Every View and its ViewModel MUST live under Features/<FeatureName>/
≈ “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: iOS development rule
globs: "**/*.swift"
alwaysApply: true
---
# File Structure Rules
## Line Limit
- **Target**: 150 lines per file — aim for this
- **Hard limit**: 200 lines — files exceeding 200 lines MUST be split using extensions (`View+Sections.swift`)
- Files between 150-200 lines are acceptable if splitting would hurt readability
## Body as Table of Contents
The `body` property should read like a table of contents — only referencing computed properties, not containing implementation:
```swift
// Good
var body: some View {
VStack {
headerSection
contentSection
footerSection
}
}
// Bad — implementation directly in body
var body: some View {
VStack {
HStack {
Image(systemName: "person")
Text(user.name)
.font(AppTheme.Fonts.headline)
Spacer()
Button("Edit") { showEdit = true }
}
// ... 80+ more lines
}
}
```
## Extension Splitting Pattern
When a view grows beyond 150 lines, split into extensions by section:
```swift
// ProfileView.swift — main file
struct ProfileView: View {
@State var viewModel: ProfileViewModel
var body: some View {
ScrollView {
headerSection
statsSection
settingsSection
}
}
}
// ProfileView+Sections.swift — extracted sections
extension ProfileView {
var headerSection: some View { ... }
var statsSection: some View { ... }
var settingsSection: some View { ... }
}
```
## Directory Structure
```
Models/ → Data model structs (with static sampleData)
Shared/ → Shared utility types (e.g. Loadable.swift)
Config/ → App configuration (e.g. AppConfig.swift with API keys, endpoints)
Repositories/<Entity>/ → Repository protocols + concrete implementations, grouped by entity
(e.g. Repositories/Users/UserRepository.swift,
Repositories/Users/LocalUserRepository.swift)
External-service repositories only when that service is explicitly configured
Theme/ → AppTheme.swift only
Services/<Domain>/ → Domain services (Auth, Networking, etc.) — NOT in Features/
Features/<Name>/ → Co-locate View + ViewModel (e.g. Features/TodoList/TodoListView.swift)
Features/Common/ → Shared reusable views used by multiple features
App/ → @main app entry point only
```
- NEVER use flat `Views/`, `ViewModels/`, or `Components/` top-level directories
- Every View and its ViewModel MUST live under `Features/<FeatureName>/`
- Services handle business logic and external integrations — `Features/` is exclusively for Views + ViewModels
- Shared components go under `Features/Common/`
## One Type Per File
- Each file contains exactly one primary type (struct, class, or enum)
- Extensions of the same type may live in separate files
- File name matches the type name: `ProfileView.swift` for `struct ProfileView`
## Naming Conventions
- Views: `{Feature}View.swift` (e.g., `NotesListView.swift`)
- ViewModels: `{Feature}ViewModel.swift` (e.g., `NotesListViewModel.swift`)
- Models: `{ModelName}.swift` (e.g., `Note.swift`)
- Theme: `AppTheme.swift`
- App entry: `{AppName}App.swift`
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