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cursor-known-pitfalls
Avoid common Cursor IDE pitfalls: AI feature mistakes, security gotchas, configuration errors, and team workflow issues. Triggers on "cursor pitfalls", "cursor mistakes", "cursor gotchas", "cursor issues", "cursor problems", "cursor tips".
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# Cursor Known Pitfalls
## Overview
Use these pitfalls as preflight checks for AI-assisted work: context leakage, over-broad edits, stale rules, unsupported assumptions, and misplaced trust in generated output.
## Prerequisites
- Project rules, data classification, and a normal review/test path for the work.
- A non-sensitive reproduction or sample when evaluating a Cursor behavior.
## Instructions
1. Identify the relevant pitfall before accepting a suggestion or changing configuration.
2. Narrow context and task scope, then verify the resulting diff and tests.