Writing Cursor rules with a Cursor rule

I spend most of my coding time in Cursor. It's a fantastic tool for LLM assisted coding. But coding with LLMs has a specific quirk: they possess strong contextual memory but lack episodic memory. In simpler words, they recall information within a single conversation but forget everything once a new chat session begins. No learnings from previous chats on how you like things. No accumulation of instituation quirks and knowledge. Think of it like working with a brilliant assistant who has amnesia. Every day, you repeat the same instructions: "Remember, we use camelCase here." "Our shared utilities go in the lib folder with this specific structure." folder with this specific structure." "This is how the backend API expects requests." "We use this specific folder structure for our projects." If you use Cursor often, this should sound familiar. You constantly nudge the AI back toward your project's standards and personal preferences. If you're already nodding in agreement and (from ... Read full article.