Cursor

LNAI exports unified configuration to Cursor IDE’s native .cursor/ format, transforming rules and settings as needed.

Output Structure

AGENTS.md                  # Symlink → .ai/AGENTS.md (at project root)
.cursor/
├── rules/<name>.mdc       # Transformed from .ai/rules/<name>.md
├── skills/<name>/         # Symlinks → ../../.ai/skills/<name>/
├── mcp.json               # Generated
├── cli.json               # Generated
└── <overrides>            # Symlinks from .ai/.cursor/

File Mapping

Source	Output	Type
`.ai/AGENTS.md`	`AGENTS.md`	Symlink
`.ai/rules/<name>.md`	`.cursor/rules/<name>.mdc`	Transformed
`.ai/skills/<name>/`	`.cursor/skills/<name>/`	Symlink
`.ai/settings.json`	`.cursor/mcp.json`	Generated
`.ai/settings.json`	`.cursor/cli.json`	Generated
`.ai/.cursor/<path>`	`.cursor/<path>`	Symlink

Generated mcp.json

MCP servers are exported to .cursor/mcp.json with environment variable transformation:

// Input (LNAI format)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "database": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@example/db"],
      "env": { "DB_URL": "${DB_URL}" }
    }
  }
}

// Output (Cursor format)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "database": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@example/db"],
      "env": { "DB_URL": "${env:DB_URL}" }
    }
  }
}

LNAI	Cursor
`${VAR}`	`${env:VAR}`
`type: "http"`	`url` field only
`type: "sse"`	`url` field only

Generated cli.json

Permissions are exported to .cursor/cli.json with transformations:

// Input (LNAI format)
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": ["Bash(git:*)"],
    "ask": ["Bash(npm:*)"],
    "deny": ["Read(.env)"]
  }
}

// Output (Cursor format)
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": ["Shell(git)", "Shell(npm)"],
    "deny": ["Read(.env)"]
  }
}

LNAI	Cursor	Notes
`Bash()`	`Shell()`	Tool name changed
`git:*`	`git`	Pattern simplified to command
`permissions.ask`	`permissions.allow`	⚠️ Cursor has no “ask” level

Warning: Cursor does not support the “ask” permission level. Rules in permissions.ask are automatically mapped to permissions.allow. LNAI will display a warning when this occurs.

Rules Transformation

Rules are transformed from .md to .mdc format with YAML frontmatter:

paths:

- "\*_/_.ts"
- "\*_/_.tsx"

---

# TypeScript Guidelines

Use strict TypeScript...

## <!-- Output: .cursor/rules/typescript.mdc -->

description: "TypeScript Guidelines"
globs:

- "\*_/_.ts"
- "\*_/_.tsx"
  alwaysApply: false

---

# TypeScript Guidelines

Use strict TypeScript...

LNAI Field	Cursor Field	Notes
`paths`	`globs`	Renamed
(first H1)	`description`	Extracted from content
(empty paths)	`alwaysApply: true`	Rules without paths always apply

Overrides

Place Cursor-specific files in .ai/.cursor/ to have them symlinked directly:

.ai/.cursor/
└── custom-config.json → .cursor/custom-config.json

When an override file exists at the same path as a generated file (e.g., mcp.json), the override takes priority.