Keep agent rules in the repository

Project RulesVersion-controlled instructions in the repo that every Cursor agent interaction inherits, so standards are encoded once. Press Enter for the full definition. give the agent reusable instructions about a codebase. Put test, style and architecture requirements in the repository so the team does not have to repeat them in every request.

Cursor Project RulesVersion-controlled instructions in the repo that every Cursor agent interaction inherits, so standards are encoded once. Press Enter for the full definition. live in .cursor/rules/ as .mdc files. Their frontmatter can scope them to file patterns. A plain AGENTS.md can sit at the repository root or inside a subdirectory.

Keeping these rules in git gives changes a review, history and rollback path. A teammate can see who changed an instruction and why.