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Show HN: Cursor Directory – From a 3-hour build to a 250k users/mo community

#1

Post by pontusabb » Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 2:13 PM UTC

Viktor and I built the first version of Cursor Directory in just 3 hours, right after I watched a few downloaded YouTube videos on my flight to France. The idea was simple: create a single place to find curated rules to enhance the Cursor experience.

Fast forward a few months, and the site kept growing. We recently added support for MCPs, a Trending board, the ability to generate your own rules from dependencies, and more!

We’d love to hear your thoughts—let us know if you have any ideas to make Cursor Directory even better!

Oh, and we’re fully open source!

Show HN: Cursor Directory – From a 3-hour build to a 250k users/mo community
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#2

Post by sdybskiy » Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 2:25 PM UTC

This is great! I've been using Cursor Directory pretty much since it's inception a few months ago and it's great to see it come this far this quickly. Will be diving into the code, kudos on making it OS!

Would love to see a blog and maybe some documentation as to how to create MCPs

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#3

Post by pontusabb » Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 3:10 PM UTC

sdybskiy wrote: post #2

This is great! I've been using Cursor Directory pretty much since it's inception a few months ago and it's great to see it come this far this quickly. Will be diving into the code, kudos on making it OS! Would love to see a blog and maybe some documentation as to how to create MCPs

Thank you! The Community really helps us forward on what to build! More soon!

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#4

Post by lindesvard » Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 3:48 PM UTC

Have also used it since day one. Impressive to see what it has become, hopefully just the beginning!

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#5

Post by drewbitt » Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 3:53 PM UTC

I cannot identify a single cursor rule for client side React that is not Nextjs. Even 'generalist React' includes it. That just doesn't work for me to grab one off the shelf, but I appreciate the examples.

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#6

Post by dan_voronov » Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 3:53 PM UTC

Why doesn't your MCP catalog contain a server for working with cursor.directory?

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#7

Post by enggman » Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 5:57 PM UTC

Sorry, I am a noob here and just learning to use cursor. How do we use the prompts in the cursor directory?

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#8

Post by pontusabb » Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 7:05 PM UTC

dan_voronov wrote: post #6

Why doesn't your MCP catalog contain a server for working with cursor.directory?

brewing!

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#9

Post by pontusabb » Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 7:06 PM UTC

drewbitt wrote: post #5

I cannot identify a single cursor rule for client side React that is not Nextjs. Even 'generalist React' includes it. That just doesn't work for me to grab one off the shelf, but I appreciate the examples.

Adding a way for people to submit new rules directly on the site tomorrow!

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#10

Post by pontusabb » Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 7:07 PM UTC

enggman wrote: post #7

Sorry, I am a noob here and just learning to use cursor. How do we use the prompts in the cursor directory?

You can copy one of the rules or just use the download button and place it in .cursor/rules directory!