maintain-project-rules
Activation gate
Use if:
- •User asks to audit or maintain project rules, check prefix convention, or sync doc/rules.md.
- •Context involves
.cursor/rules/, rule files (.mdc), or conventions from cursor-rules-principles / retro.
Source of truth
- •cursor-rules-principles.md (in repo or ~/.cursor) – prefix table 000–500, general principles. See reference.md for full prefix table.
- •commands/retro.md (PROJECT RULES section) – prefixes 000/050/100/200/900, flat .mdc, no subfolders in rules.
Procedure
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Resolve paths
- •PROJECT_ROOT:
git rev-parse --show-toplevel - •PROJECT_CURSOR_DIR:
${PROJECT_ROOT}/.cursor - •PROJECT_RULES_DIR:
${PROJECT_CURSOR_DIR}/rules - •If PROJECT_RULES_DIR does not exist, report "No .cursor/rules in this repo" and stop.
- •PROJECT_ROOT:
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Audit
- •List all
*.mdcin PROJECT_RULES_DIR (flat; no subfolders per convention). - •For each file: name, prefix vs principles/retro, frontmatter (
description,alwaysApply,globs), line count (~<50 preferred), overlap with other rules (duplicate or near-duplicate content). - •Flag: missing prefix, wrong prefix slot, missing/invalid frontmatter, oversized file, duplicate content.
- •List all
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Proposals
- •RENAME: file without numeric prefix → suggest prefix from reference.md / retro.
- •MERGE: two or more rules with overlapping scope → suggest target file and sections.
- •DELETE: only with clear justification (obsolete, fully merged); do not execute without user confirmation.
- •Do not delete, move, or rename until user confirms.
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Sync doc/rules.md
- •If repo has
doc/rules.mdordocs/rules.md: update the "Context-Specific Rules" (or equivalent) list to match current.mdcfiles and their globs/scope. Keep doc and rules directory in sync.
- •If repo has
Output
- •Report: table of files (path, prefix OK?, frontmatter OK?, lines, notes); list of proposals (RENAME/MERGE/DELETE with reason and target).
- •Closing line: "Do zastosowania: potwierdź zmiany lub wywołaj agenta rules-keeper."
- •No destructive changes without explicit user confirmation.
Reference
For full prefix table and conventions, see reference.md.