awesome-cursorrules

PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules is an open-source project by PatrickJS: 📄 Configuration files that enhance Cursor AI editor experience with custom rules and behaviors. Indexed here so it can be found — not resold.

It is free. Get it from the upstream repository: https://github.com/PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules

From the project's own README (excerpt, reproduced for discovery under its CC0-1.0 license):

Awesome Cursor Rules

Cursor Project Rules enhance Cursor AI editor behavior with project-specific guidance and reusable coding standards.

Cursor AI is an AI-powered code editor. Cursor Project Rules are Markdown-based .mdc files that live in .cursor/rules/ and tell Cursor how to behave for specific projects, file types, frameworks, and workflows.

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Contents • Why Cursor Rules • Rules • Frontend Frameworks and Libraries • Backend and Full-Stack • Mobile Development • Games and Graphics • CSS and Styling • State Management • Database and API • Testing • Hosting and Deployments • Build Tools and Development • Language-Specific • Security • Documentation • Directories • How to Use

Why Cursor Rules

Cursor rules help developers define project-specific instructions for Cursor AI. This repository uses the modern .mdc Project Rules format.

Customized behavior means Cursor can respond to the specific needs of a project instead of relying only on general coding knowledge. Rules can describe local architecture, preferred libraries, common methods, domain constraints, and other context that makes generated code more relevant.

Consistency is the other big win. By defining coding standards and best practices in .mdc files, teams can guide Cursor toward code that matches the project's style, naming, structure, and review expectations.

Project rules also reduce repeated manual editing. Well-scoped rules give Cursor reusable project knowledge up front, so suggestions are more likely to fit the codebase on the first pass and less likely to need the…