[FEATURE]
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Problem Statement
read Cursor rules natively. Claude Code doesn't load .cursor/rules/*.mdc (global or per-project), so Cursor users have to copy rules into CLAUDE.md or import each file with @. Requested: (1) load ~/.cursor/rules/ and a project's .cursor/rules/ automatically or through a setting, (2) respect alwaysApply and globs the way Cursor does, and (3) import whole folders so new or renamed rule files are picked up without editing CLAUDE.md.
Proposed Solution
- Load Cursor rules automatically
Claude Code would read ~/.cursor/rules/*.mdc (your global rules) and .cursor/rules/ in each project, the same way it reads CLAUDE.md today.
It could be switched on in settings, for example "loadCursorRules": true, so people who don't use Cursor aren't affected.
- Follow Cursor's scoping
alwaysApply: true would load the rule in every session.
globs: prisma/** would load it only when I open or edit a matching file.
Right now I load the full text of every rule in every session and have to work out the scope from the notes we added.
- Import a whole folder
One line such as @~/.cursor/rules/ in CLAUDE.md would cover every file in it.
New, renamed or deleted rule files would be picked up automatically, with no list of imports to maintain and no startup check.
Alternative Solutions
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Priority
Critical - Blocking my work
Feature Category
CLI commands and flags
Use Case Example
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Additional Context
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