2 PrepMint guides tagged cursor — written from using the tools and checked against the vendor's own documentation.
How it works · 10 min read
Indexing says synced, the file is open, and Cursor still answers as if your code does not exist. Follow one request end to end: what gets attached, what gets injected, what the agent decides to search for, what three ignore files remove, and what gets compressed away.
Troubleshooting · 8 min read
A rule that sits in .cursor/rules and does nothing fails silently, and Cursor publishes no way to see which rules were applied. Ten causes with distinct fingerprints: the type you get by leaving fields blank, the .md that is invisible, and the team rule that outranks you.