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Guides tagged developer-tools

2 PrepMint guides tagged developer-tools — written from using the tools and checked against the vendor's own documentation.

  • Troubleshooting · 8 min read

    Why Cursor is ignoring your rules file

    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.

  • Troubleshooting · 9 min read

    Why your MCP server isn't showing up in Claude Code

    An MCP server that adds cleanly and then shows no tools has about ten possible causes, and each leaves a different fingerprint. A symptom-first triage guide: what the /mcp statuses actually mean, why scope cannot be changed in place, and the config error that makes Claude run your URL as a local process.