GitHub - survivorforge/cursor-rules: 🤖 Curated collection of .cursorrules files for Cursor IDE — boost your AI coding with framework-specific rules for React, Next.js, Python, Node.js, and more

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39+ ready-to-use .cursorrules files for Cursor IDE — supercharge your AI coding assistant with framework-specific rules.

GitHub stars License: MIT

What are Cursor Rules?

Cursor is an AI-powered code editor. .cursorrules files tell Cursor's AI about your project's conventions, tech stack, and coding patterns — making AI-generated code match your style perfectly.

Drop a .cursorrules file in your project root, and Cursor automatically uses it to generate better, more consistent code.

Available Rules

Frontend

Framework Description Link
React Component patterns, hooks best practices, TypeScript integration rules/react
Next.js App Router, Server Components, Server Actions, metadata rules/nextjs
SvelteKit File-based routing, load functions, form actions, stores rules/sveltekit
Tailwind CSS Utility-first patterns, responsive design, component recipes rules/tailwindcss

Backend

Framework Description Link
Node.js/Express REST API patterns, middleware, layered architecture rules/nodejs-express
Python/FastAPI Async patterns, Pydantic v2, dependency injection rules/python-fastapi
Python/Django DRF, ORM best practices, class-based views rules/python-django
Go/Gin Idiomatic Go, error handling, concurrency patterns rules/go-gin
Rust/Axum Ownership patterns, async with Tokio, tower middleware rules/rust-axum

Full Stack & Cloud

Stack Description Link
Supabase Auth, RLS, Edge Functions, real-time, storage rules/supabase
AWS Serverless Lambda, DynamoDB, SAM, API Gateway rules/aws-serverless
Docker/DevOps Multi-stage builds, CI/CD, infrastructure as code rules/docker-devops

Languages

Language Description Link
TypeScript Strict mode, utility types, generics, type narrowing rules/typescript

Specialized

Topic Description Link
Flutter/Dart Widget architecture, Riverpod, Material Design 3 rules/flutter-dart
LangChain/AI LCEL, RAG, agents, LangGraph, structured output rules/langchain-ai
Chrome Extensions Manifest V3, service workers, content scripts rules/chrome-extension

How to Use

  1. Browse the rules/ directory and find the rule for your tech stack
  2. Copy the .cursorrules file to your project root directory
  3. Open your project in Cursor IDE
  4. Cursor automatically detects and uses the rules file
# Example: Add React rules to your project
curl -o .cursorrules https://raw.githubusercontent.com/survivorforge/cursor-rules/main/rules/react/.cursorrules

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Includes bonus rules not in this repo:

  • T3 Stack (Next.js + tRPC + Prisma + Tailwind)
  • MERN Stack
  • Testing/TDD patterns
  • Security best practices
  • Clean code principles
  • Performance optimization
  • And more...

What Makes These Rules Good?

Each rules file includes:

  • Code style conventions (naming, formatting, imports)
  • Architecture patterns specific to the framework
  • Error handling best practices
  • Testing strategies and tools
  • Security guidelines
  • Performance optimization tips
  • File structure recommendations
  • Common pitfalls to avoid

These aren't generic templates. Each file is written by developers who know the framework deeply, covering the patterns that actually matter in production codebases.

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Contributing

Found a useful .cursorrules pattern? PRs welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

MIT License — use these rules in any project, personal or commercial.


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