Design Cursor rules and review gates for a product team (EXPLAINED)
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Keep rules short and hierarchical; encode invariants not tutorials; block secret paths; require tests/CI; human-review architecture changes; monitor token cost and rule drift.
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A product engineering team adopts Cursor Agent for feature work. Design .cursor/rules, PR review policy, and guardrails so agents follow architecture conventions without becoming overly prescriptive or expensive.
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