#configuration
5 items tagged #configuration.
GUIDE 2026-05-02
Aider's CONVENTIONS.md: keeping the model on script across a session
A single CONVENTIONS.md file in your repo, loaded into every Aider session, drops the rate of style-mismatch fixes from common to rare. Here's what to put in it.
GUIDE 2026-04-27
Cursor rules for projects with multiple stacks: per-directory .cursorrules
Cursor reads .cursorrules from the project root by default. For repos with a TypeScript frontend and a Python backend, that's the wrong granularity. Here's how to scope rules per directory.
GUIDE 2026-04-25
Cursor Rules: making the AI follow your project's actual conventions
Cursor will write code in the average style of its training data. Cursor Rules let you override that with your project's specific conventions, framework choices, and naming standards.
GUIDE 2026-04-23
Windsurf and TypeScript strict mode: making Cascade respect your tsconfig
Windsurf's Cascade defaults assume loose TypeScript. With strict mode on, you'll get type errors on roughly half of suggestions unless you adjust the model context.
