make-cursor-compatible

make-cursor-compatible is a command for coding agents from HKTITAN/cursor-best-practices. It costs 0 tokens per session (1,458 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A codebase setup command for Cursor, an AI-powered code editor. It adds project guidance, exclusions, and folders for reusable commands, agents, and skills.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create Cursor configuration, add project-specific instructions, exclude build files and dependencies, and organize AI helpers.
Why use it?
It gives Cursor clearer rules about the project and keeps irrelevant files out of its working view.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/hktitan/cursor-best-practices/make-cursor-compatible
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKTITAN/cursor-best-practices

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README.md
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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,458 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00000 $0.01458
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00729
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00292
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00146

Measured 4d ago against content hash 7024d631a9a2, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

make-cursor-compatible scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 4d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

cursor-best-practices/assets/templates/commands/make-cursor-compatible.md · 167 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 167 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Make Codebase Cursor Compatible

When the user asks to "make this codebase cursor compatible", "make it vibe codeable", "set up cursor for this project", or similar requests, help them transform their codebase into a Cursor-optimized workspace.

Overview

Making a codebase "Cursor compatible" or "vibe codeable" means:

  • Adding .cursor/ folder structure with rules, commands, agents
  • Creating .cursorignore to exclude unnecessary files
  • Adding project-specific rules that help Cursor understand the codebase
  • Setting up indexes and documentation for better AI navigation
  • Configuring skills if applicable

Step-by-Step Process

1. Create .cursor Folder Structure

Create the following structure:

.cursor/
├── rules/              # Project-specific rules
├── commands/           # Custom commands
├── agents/             # Subagents
├── skills/             # Project-specific skills (optional)
└── AGENTS.md          # Codebase guide for AI

Action: Create these directories if they don't exist.

2. Create .cursorignore

Create .cursorignore at project root to exclude:

  • Build artifacts (dist/, build/, *.min.js)
  • Dependencies (node_modules/, venv/, .venv/)
  • Generated files (*.generated.*, coverage/)
  • Large data files
  • Secrets and credentials (.env, *.key, *.pem)
  • OS files (.DS_Store, Thumbs.db)
  • Editor files (.vscode/, .idea/)

Action: Create .cursorignore with appropriate patterns for the project type.

3. Create AGENTS.md

Create .cursor/AGENTS.md with comprehensive codebase guide:

  • Repository purpose and overview
  • Deep dive into structure (all directories and files)
  • File naming conventions
  • Content patterns and conventions
  • Architecture decisions and rationale
  • Key principles and design patterns
  • How to navigate the codebase
  • Common tasks and workflows
  • Standards compliance
  • Maintenance workflow
  • Dependencies and relationships

Action: Generate comprehensive AGENTS.md based on the current codebase structure. This should be detailed enough for Cursor to understand the codebase at the deepest level.

Read the full file on GitHub · 167 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 4d ago First seen · 167 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 7024d631a9a2

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make-cursor-compatible is a command published in the GitHub repository HKTITAN/cursor-best-practices (5 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 1,458 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.