cursor-principle-attack-the-premise
Apply when two or more fixes that share one premise have failed the same gate. Take a census of which actors hold the imbalance before the next fix, then…
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cursor-principle-build-the-lever
Apply to any non-trivial work, not just bulk work: edits, migrations, analyses, checks. Build the tool that does it or proves it (codemod, script, generator,…
cursor-principle-experience-first
Apply when product, UX, or feature-scope tradeoffs come up. Choose user delight over implementation convenience; ship fewer polished features over more rough…
cursor-principle-fix-root-causes
Apply when debugging. Trace each symptom to its root cause and fix it there; reproduce first, ask why until you reach it, resist nil-check guards that silence…
cursor-principle-foundational-thinking
Apply before writing logic: choosing core types and data structures, sequencing scaffold-vs-feature work, asking what concurrent actors share. Get the data…
cursor-principle-laziness-protocol
Apply when refactoring, evaluating diff size, or tempted to add abstractions, layers, or signal threading. Bias toward deletion and the smallest change that…
cursor-principle-make-operations-idempotent
Apply when designing commands, lifecycle steps, or processing loops that run amid crashes, restarts, and retries. Converge to the same end state regardless of…
cursor-principle-migrate-callers-then-delete-legacy-apis
Apply when introducing a new internal API while old callers still exist. Migrate callers and delete the old API in the same wave instead of preserving…
cursor-principle-minimize-reader-load
Apply when reviewing or shaping code that's hard to trace. Count layers between question and answer, and hidden state in the reader's head; collapse one-caller…
cursor-principle-model-the-domain
Apply when writing stateful logic, or when code branches a lot or repeats a shape assumption across files. Encode the domain in a structure instead of…
cursor-principle-subtract-before-you-add
Apply when sequencing an addition, refactor, or rewrite. Remove dead code, redundant validators, and stub references first, then build on the simpler base.
cursor-tdd
Use only when the user explicitly asks for TDD, a failing test, or a regression test, OR when the bug has an obvious cheap local test target. Skip when the…
cursor-typescript-best-practices
TypeScript best practices. Use when reading or editing any .ts or .tsx file.
implement
Implement a piece of work based on a spec or set of tickets.
alarmkit
Builds AlarmKit alarms and countdowns with system Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, StandBy, and Apple Watch presentation. Use for authorization, AlarmManager…
carplay
Builds eligible CarPlay navigation, audio, communication, EV charging, parking, or ordering apps with template scenes. Use for entitlements, scene delegates,…
core-data
Build or review persistence in apps that still use Core Data, including managed objects, fetched results, batch operations, persistent history, staged…
core-motion
Builds sensor workflows with Core Motion for accelerometer, gyroscope, device motion, pedometer, activity recognition, altitude, headphone motion, workout…
gamekit
Builds Game Center features with GameKit. Use for local-player authentication and restrictions, access point/dashboard, leaderboards, achievements, challenges,…
ios-localization
Implement or review Apple-platform localization with String Catalogs, generated symbols, plurals, locale-aware formatting, package resources, and right-to-left…
passkit
Integrate Apple Pay and Wallet passes with PassKit. Use for payment buttons and requests, authorization, merchant and shipping fields, pass creation or…
photokit
Builds or reviews photo-library picking, image loading, camera capture, and video recording with PhotoKit, PhotosPicker/PHPicker, and AVFoundation. Use for…
scenekit
Maintains existing SceneKit scenes, nodes, materials, cameras, lights, animation, physics, particles, assets, shaders, and SwiftUI hosting. Use for SceneKit…
speech-recognition
Transcribe live and recorded audio with the Speech framework. Use when implementing SpeechAnalyzer (iOS 26+), SpeechTranscriber, SFSpeechRecognizer, live…