Quick Start Guide

🚀 Get started with Awesome Cursor Rules in 5 minutes

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Three-Step Quick Start
• Choose Your Rules
• Advanced Configuration
• Next Steps

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Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following tools installed:

Tool	Version Requirement	Download Link
Cursor AI Editor	Latest Version	cursor.sh
Git	Any Version	git-scm.com

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Three-Step Quick Start

Step 1: Get the Rules

# Clone the repository locally
git clone https://github.com/LessUp/awesome-cursorrules-zh.git

# Enter the directory
cd awesome-cursorrules-zh

Step 2: Choose and Apply Rules

Select appropriate rules based on your tech stack:

🌐 Frontend Projects

# Next.js + TypeScript
cp rules/frontend/react/nextjs-typescript/.cursorrules /path/to/your/project/

# Vue 3 Composition API
cp rules/frontend/vue/composition-api/.cursorrules /path/to/your/project/

# React Query
cp rules/frontend/react/react-query/.cursorrules /path/to/your/project/

⚙️ Backend Projects

# Python FastAPI
cp rules/backend/python/fastapi-api-example/.cursorrules /path/to/your/project/

# Node.js + ES Modules
cp rules/backend/nodejs/es-module-guide/.cursorrules /path/to/your/project/

# Go Backend
cp rules/backend/go/backend-scalability/.cursorrules /path/to/your/project/

📱 Mobile Projects

# Flutter
cp rules/mobile/flutter/flutter-app-expert/.cursorrules /path/to/your/project/

# React Native
cp rules/mobile/react-native-expo/.cursorrules /path/to/your/project/

Step 3: Use in Cursor

1. Open your project with Cursor
2. Confirm .cursorrules file is in the project root
3. Start coding and enjoy AI assistance

💡 Tip: It's recommended to restart Cursor for the first use to ensure rules take effect

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Choose Your Rules

Quick Index by Tech Stack

The complete rule directory is located at rules/:

rules/
├── ai/                   # AI/ML Rules
├── backend/              # Backend Development Rules
│   ├── go/
│   ├── java/
│   ├── nodejs/
│   ├── php/
│   └── python/
├── blockchain/           # Blockchain Rules
├── cloud/                # Cloud Services Rules
├── data/                 # Data Engineering Rules
├── data-science/         # Data Science Rules
├── database/             # Database Rules
├── devops/               # DevOps Rules
├── edge/                 # Edge Computing Rules
├── frontend/             # Frontend Development Rules
│   ├── angular/
│   ├── react/
│   ├── svelte/
│   └── vue/
├── mobile/               # Mobile Development Rules
│   ├── android/
│   ├── flutter/
│   ├── ios/
│   └── react-native-expo/
├── security/             # Security Rules
└── systems/              # Systems Programming Rules

Popular Rules Recommendations

Tech Stack	Recommended Rule	Use Case
Next.js	nextjs-typescript	Full-stack React Applications
Vue 3	composition-api	Modern Vue Projects
React Native	react-native-expo	Cross-platform Mobile Apps
Flutter	flutter-app-expert	Native Mobile Applications
FastAPI	fastapi-api-example	Python API Development
Django	django-best-practices	Python Web Applications
NestJS	nestjs-typescript	Node.js Enterprise Apps
Go	backend-scalability	High-performance Backend Services

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Advanced Configuration

Merge Multiple Rule Sets

For frontend-backend separated projects, you can merge multiple rules:

# Create merged rules file
cat rules/frontend/react/nextjs-typescript/.cursorrules > .cursorrules

# Add separator
echo "" >> .cursorrules
echo "# ===== Backend Rules =====" >> .cursorrules
echo "" >> .cursorrules

# Append backend rules
cat rules/backend/python/fastapi-api-example/.cursorrules >> .cursorrules

Directory-Level Rules Configuration

Set different rules for different modules:

my-project/
├── .cursorrules                 # Project-level general rules
├── frontend/
│   └── .cursorrules             # Frontend rules (Next.js)
├── backend/
│   └── .cursorrules             # Backend rules (FastAPI)
└── shared/
    └── .cursorrules             # Shared module rules

📌 Rule Priority: Subdirectory rules override parent directory rules

Custom Rules

Add project-specific rules at the end of .cursorrules:

# Append custom rules
cat >> .cursorrules << 'EOF'

## Project Custom Rules

### Naming Conventions
- Components: PascalCase (e.g., UserProfile.tsx)
- Utilities: camelCase (e.g., formatDate.ts)
- Constants: UPPER_SNAKE_CASE (e.g., API_BASE_URL)

### API Conventions
- Route prefix: /api/v1
- Response format: { success, data, error }

### Database Conventions
- Primary key: id
- Timestamps: created_at, updated_at
- Soft delete: deleted_at
EOF

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Next Steps

Continue learning based on your needs:

If you want to...	Read
Learn configuration techniques in depth	Best Practices Guide
Understand detailed installation steps	Installation Guide
Solve usage issues	Troubleshooting
View rule syntax	API Reference
Contribute to the project	Contributing Guide

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Quick Command Reference

# View all available rules
ls rules/

# Check rule file content
cat .cursorrules | head -30

# Verify file encoding (should be UTF-8)
file .cursorrules

# Backup current rules
cp .cursorrules .cursorrules.backup

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💡 Tip: In most cases, simply copying a .cursorrules file to your project root is all you need!

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