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Enforcing a Design System with .cursor/rules

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Write a design-system.mdc rule file that pins spacing scale, color tokens, radius and typography so every component Cursor generates stays on-brand — with examples of scoped rules and glob targeting.

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Write a design-system.mdc rule that pins spacing scale, color tokens, radius and typography so every component Cursor generates stays on-brand. Covers scoped rules and glob targeting.

In this article

  • Anatomy of a design-system rule
  • Pinning tokens: color, spacing, radius
  • Scoping rules with globs
  • Always-on vs auto-attached
  • Testing the rule on a new component

Source: Cursor Docs

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