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Persistent Cursor rules are created by drafting .mdc files with YAML frontmatter to define project conventions, scope, and matching glob patterns for AI guidance. This ensures the AI follows your standards consistently without repeated reminders.

To enforce file-specific patterns in Cursor, you create .mdc rules with explicit scope and matching glob patterns. This targets only selected file types, like TypeScript files, ensuring the AI applies the correct conventions only where needed.

You capture architecture decisions as reusable AI guidance by converting discussions on formatting, naming, and review practices into persistent .mdc rules or AGENTS.md style files. This transforms recurring coding guidance into durable instructions.

Use global .cursor rules for project-wide conventions, and scoped rules with matching glob patterns when specificity is needed for certain file types. Scoped rules ensure file-specific patterns are enforced only where applicable.

Yes, you can author AGENTS.md or RULE.md style persistent instructions by generating .mdc files with YAML frontmatter. These files provide durable AI guidance and project-specific behavior for coding standards and workflow expectations.