15 · The Workbench
Cursor Rules
Cursor project instructions
Persistent instructions for Cursor — often in .cursor/rules as .mdc files, plus user and team rules — that shape how the agent searches, edits, and behaves in a repo.
Concrete example
A rule that says “always run npm run build after content edits” or “never edit generated files in dist directly.”
Why it matters
How Cursor encodes harness-level policy.