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Cursor fixes & guides
3 guides · what breaks in Cursor, why it happens, and the exact steps that fix it.
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Cursor's agent doesn't know about a file that's clearly in your repo? Here's why
You @-mention a file or ask Cursor about code that's right there in the explorer, and the agent acts like it doesn't exist — or worse, invents a plausible-sounding wrong answer. Here's why the index sees less of your repo than you do, and the one move that always works.
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Cursor* ignoring your rules? Here's why (it's probably the .cursorrules migration)
Wrote a Cursor rule and it's just... not applying? Here's how Cursor's rules system actually resolves precedence, and the four most common ways a rule silently fails to load.
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Cursor silently reverted my changes — here's the real fix
Cursor applied your edit, you saw it land, and now it's gone with no undo. Here's the actual race condition behind Cursor's silent reverts and how to stop it.
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