The original title is "10 Cursor Rules Every Developer Should Steal (.mdc)"

Short summary

A developer's Cursor produced cleaner code not because the model was better, but because his .cursor/rules/ folder contained enforceable checks scoped to specific contexts. This post shares 10 practical rules spanning TypeScript safety, SQL queries, testing conventions, git messages, accessibility, error handling, comments, and scope discipline. Copy them into your repo to immediately level up your AI coding workflow.

• •Scoped .cursor/rules work better than global ones—only load relevant rules per context
• •10 rules provided: global guardrails, TypeScript safety, SQL safety, testing, git, accessibility, error handling, comments, dependencies, scope discipline
• •Each rule is a specific enforcement check (not aspirational), with glob patterns and frontmatter you can copy directly

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