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Cursor support details

Native rules, commands, MCP, skills, and hooks with project-first config files.

Cursor keeps most aix features native, but rules stay project-scoped.

Start on the full support matrix when you need to compare every editor at once. Use this page when you want the exact terms, support details, and project/user targets for Cursor.

Related aix concepts: rules , prompts , mcp , skills , hooks .

Editor-specific notes

  • Cursor prompt installs use .cursor/commands/, not .cursor/prompts/.
  • Cursor hooks map aix event names onto Cursor-specific camelCase hook names.

Feature details

How to read the statuses

Support key

Editor support

  • Supported The editor exposes that feature at that scope.
  • No support The editor does not expose that feature at that scope.

aix support

  • Native aix writes the editor's own format.
  • Adapter aix keeps the feature through an adapter or alternate representation.
  • No support aix does not write that feature for the destination today.

Use the Project scope and User scope rows to see where config lands at each level.

Rules Learn the concept

Markdown-with-frontmatter rule files.

Cursor calls this Rules
aix support Native
Project
Editor Supported aix Native
Path .cursor/rules/*.mdc
User
Editor Supported aix No support
Editor target Settings UI
Editor: Cursor stores user rules in the Settings UI rather than a writable file. aix: aix does not currently write Cursor user rules.

Supported metadata: alwaysApply , globs , description

  • Cursor also reads AGENTS.md as a compatibility surface.

Prompts Learn the concept

Plain markdown command files.

Cursor calls this Commands
aix support Native
Project
Editor Supported aix Native
Path .cursor/commands/*.md
User
Editor Supported aix Native
Path ~/.cursor/commands/*.md

MCP Learn the concept

JSON mcpServers configuration.

Cursor calls this MCP servers
aix support Native
Project
Editor Supported aix Native
Path .cursor/mcp.json
User
Editor Supported aix Native
Path ~/.cursor/mcp.json

Skills Learn the concept

Symlinked native skill directories backed by .aix/skills/.

Cursor calls this Skills
aix support Native
Project
Editor Supported aix Native
Path .cursor/skills/{name}/
User
Editor Supported aix Native
Path ~/.cursor/skills/{name}/
  • Cursor also discovers .agents/skills/ for compatibility.

Agents

Markdown agent files with YAML frontmatter.

Cursor calls this Agents
aix support Native
Project
Editor Supported aix Native
Path .cursor/agents/*.md
User
Editor Supported aix Native
Path ~/.cursor/agents/*.md

Supported metadata: description , mode , model , tools , permissions , mcp , editor.cursor

Hooks Learn the concept

JSON hook configuration with event-name translation, wrapped with version: 1.

Cursor calls this Hooks
aix support Native
Project
Editor Supported aix Native
Path .cursor/hooks.json
User
Editor Supported aix Native
Path ~/.cursor/hooks.json

Supported metadata: sessionStart , sessionEnd , preToolUse , postToolUse , postToolUseFailure , subagentStart , subagentStop , beforeReadFile , beforeShellExecution , afterShellExecution , beforeMCPExecution , afterMCPExecution , afterFileEdit , beforeSubmitPrompt , preCompact , afterAgentResponse , afterAgentThought , stop , beforeTabFileRead , afterTabFileEdit

  • Cursor also supports type: "prompt" LLM-evaluated hooks; aix passes them through.

AGENTS.md

Compatibility with root-level AGENTS.md instructions.

Cursor calls this AGENTS.md
aix support Native
Project
Editor Supported aix Native
Path AGENTS.md
User
Editor No support aix No support
Editor: The editor does not expose this feature at this scope. aix: Cursor does not expose a separate home-scoped AGENTS.md path in aix.

.agents/skills

Compatibility with the shared Agent Skills folder convention.

Cursor calls this .agents/skills
aix support Native
Project
Editor Supported aix Native
Path .agents/skills/{name}/
User
Editor No support aix No support
Editor: The editor does not expose this feature at this scope. aix: Cursor documents project-level compatibility more clearly than home scope.

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