Comparison with other tooling

[TomLucidor]

There are like half a dozen alternatives that cursor-tools can try and match feature

• https://github.com/yavuzyalcintas/cursornew
• https://github.com/Mawla/cursor_rules
• https://github.com/Dror-Bengal/CursorFocus
• https://github.com/SlyyCooper/cursorrules-architect

[kjanoudi]

Also curious what we can pull from devin: https://github.com/grapeot/devin.cursorrules

[TomLucidor]

@kjanoudi that is from here (which both links there are very barebones) #52

But also as a side we should check the four repos above with a larger set of information (+ more Python support since a lot of stuff are biased towards TS/JS) noted also in here udecode/dotai#4

[eastlondoner]

Loads of great stuff in those.

Any features that you want to highlight from them?

Personally I’m most interested in self evolution for the agents inside cursor-tools to learn about the current repo over time

[TomLucidor]

Asking Cursor Composer with Readme files instead of Cursor Agent since the former reads more comprehensively while the latter is more lazy when it comes to documentation (maybe this also need to be logged down?)
@eastlondoner nice tag btw, cursor.new has creation, while cursor_rules and CursorRules Architect has versioning

Some things to focus on (as 4 different categories)

• Rule versioning and sharing across systems (assuming that there is no Git, create an old rules folder for caching)
• Code Quality, CI/CD, performance metrics, security checks, and async monitoring for real-time debugging
• Tech stack or framework management, in case people want to use alternative language/libraries (e.g. Python over TS)
• Code and feature deduplication/refactoring since that is often an issue with small models and no file structure access

Feature Category	cursor-tools	cursor.new	cursor_rules	CursorFocus	CursorRules Architect
AI Integration
AI-Powered Assistance	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Multiple AI Models Support	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
Web Search Capability	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Large Context Window	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
Documentation
Automated Documentation	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Project Structure Analysis	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
Code Review Generation	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌
Technical Specs Generation	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
Development Features
Browser Automation	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
GitHub Integration	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Code Quality Metrics	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Real-time Monitoring	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
Project Setup
Tech Stack Detection	❌	✅	❌	✅	✅
Dependency Management	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅
Framework Selection	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅
Testing Tools Setup	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌
Rules Management
Custom Rules Creation	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Rules Synchronization	❌	❌	✅	❌	✅
Rules Version Control	❌	❌	✅	❌	✅
Automated Rules Generation	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅
Performance
Async Processing	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Token Usage Tracking	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅
Performance Metrics	❌	✅	❌	✅	✅
Additional Features
Duplicate Code Detection	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Security Scanning	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌
CI/CD Templates	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
Multi-phase Analysis	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅

P.S. better to have the rules learn./discover coding best practices that are applicable to multiple projects, not just project rules based on user requirements, or library rules based on documentation and StackOverflow/Reddit.