From 2258ee78fc9100a86330a826212b88c57e60cbab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cursor Agent Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2026 18:03:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] chore: add always-apply Cursor rule preferring ASCII prose Prefer ->, ..., straight quotes, and hyphen dashes; avoid emoji and similar glyphs in agent-written output. Co-authored-by: rmcrackan --- .cursor/rules/prefer-ascii.mdc | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .cursor/rules/prefer-ascii.mdc diff --git a/.cursor/rules/prefer-ascii.mdc b/.cursor/rules/prefer-ascii.mdc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..49dee468 --- /dev/null +++ b/.cursor/rules/prefer-ascii.mdc @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +description: Prefer ASCII-centric characters in all written output +alwaysApply: true +--- + +# Prefer ASCII-centric characters + +In all written output (chat replies, GitHub comments, commit messages, docs, PR bodies, and similar prose): + +- Prefer `->` instead of arrow glyphs (no `→`, `⇒`, `←`, etc.) +- Prefer `...` instead of single-character ellipses (no `…`) +- Prefer straight single and double quotes (`'` and `"`) instead of curly/smart quotes +- Prefer `-` instead of long dashes (no `–`, `—`) +- No emoji or similar decorative characters/glyphs + +Use plain ASCII unless a non-ASCII character is required for correctness (e.g. a code identifier, file path, or user-facing string that already contains it).