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Diff/novuhq-novu-cursor-rules-context-engineering ↔ novuhq-novu-agents

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A · Cursor rules · novuhq/novuB · AGENTS.md · novuhq/novu
What each file covers, counted
DimensionSharedOnly in AOnly in BOverlap
Sections0190%
Commands0020%
Section tags0030%

What each file covers

Sections

0 shared · 1 only in A · 9 only in B
  • − Context Engineering Checklist
  • + AGENTS.md
  • + Cursor Cloud specific instructions
  • + Build
  • + AI Boundaries
  • + Always
  • + Ask First
  • + Never
  • + Developer-local agent config
  • + Novu Distribution

Commands

0 shared · 0 only in A · 2 only in B
  • + pnpm setup:agent
  • + pnpm build

Section tags

0 shared · 0 only in A · 3 only in B
  • + build
  • + do-not
  • + agent-behaviour

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novuhq/novu · .cursor/rules/context-engineering.mdc
@@ −1 @@
1---
2description: Context quality checklist for system prompts and agent instructions
3globs:
4 - "**/tools/**/*.ts"
5 - "**/prompts/**/*.ts"
6 - "**/*.prompt.ts"
7 - "AGENTS.md"
8 - ".cursor/rules/**"
9 - ".cursor/skills/**"
10 - ".agents/skills/**"
11alwaysApply: false
12---
13 
14### Context Engineering Checklist
15 
16When writing or reviewing agent instructions, tool descriptions, or prompts:
17 
18- Is this explained elsewhere? → Consolidate to one location
19- Would a senior dev infer this? → Remove if obvious
20- Can this be an example instead? → One example beats three paragraphs of rules
21- Is this defensive repetition ("MUST", "NEVER", "CRITICAL")? → State once, remove emphasis
22- Does this duplicate a tool's own description? → Keep in tool description only
23- Are there prescriptive step lists? → Compress to a sentence
24- Is the altitude right? → Specific heuristics, not hardcoded logic or vague guidance
25- Is this stable across requests? → Move to cached/static portion
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26 
novuhq/novu · AGENTS.md
@@ +1 @@
1# AGENTS.md
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2 
3## Cursor Cloud specific instructions
4 
5`pnpm setup:agent` has already been run. Do not run it again. The environment is fully configured: dependencies installed, enterprise packages linked, project built, `.env` files in place, Docker services running, and a default user/org seeded. The dashboard auto signs in the pre-seeded agent user when opened in the browser (no manual login unless auto sign-in fails).
6 
7## Build
8 
9Run `pnpm build` after changes to `packages/` or `enterprise/`. Direct changes to `apps/` do not require a rebuild.
10 
11## AI Boundaries
12 
13### Always
14- Work within: `apps/api`, `apps/dashboard`, `apps/worker`, `apps/ws`
15- Use shared packages: `packages/shared`, `packages/framework`, `packages/js`, `packages/react`
16- Follow `libs/dal` for data access, `libs/application-generic` for business logic
17 
18### Ask First
19- Before creating new UI components not in `apps/dashboard/src/components/`
20- Before adding npm dependencies
21- Before modifying MongoDB models, ClickHouse table definitions, or anything in `enterprise/` or `packages/providers/`
22 
23### Never
24- Inactive apps — do not touch, unless monorepo wide refactor: `apps/webhook`
25- Auto-generated — never edit: `libs/internal-sdk`
26- UI: reuse existing Radix/shadcn components only; do not copy patterns from `playground/` into production code
27- If doing a monorepo wide refactor, you can touch the read only, but only when necessary.
28 
29 
30## Developer-local agent config
31 
32If a **`.agents-local/`** directory exists in your working copy, read **`.agents-local/README.md`** first for personal, git-ignored agent configuration, skills and rules. Absence of the directory is normal.
33 
34## Novu Distribution
35Novu is distributed in 3 modes, Community Edition, Enterprise Cloud Edition, and On-Prem Enterprise Edition.
36 
37When making changes targeted to the Enterprise distribution, we need to make sure that the changes are not breaking the Community edition, and are properly gated behind a flag, or the novu enterpise env variables. Similarly when some changes are only targeting the Cloud, self-hosted on prem should not be affected.
38 
39<!-- Infrastructure & services: see .cursor/rules/infrastructure.mdc -->
40<!-- Dependency graph: see .cursor/rules/dependency-graph.mdc -->
41<!-- Testing: see .cursor/rules/testing.mdc -->
42<!-- PR format: see .cursor/rules/pullrequest.mdc -->
43<!-- Enterprise submodule: see .cursor/skills/enterprise-submodule/SKILL.md -->
44 
@@ −1 +1 @@
1−---
2−description: Context quality checklist for system prompts and agent instructions
3−globs:
4− - "**/tools/**/*.ts"
5− - "**/prompts/**/*.ts"
6− - "**/*.prompt.ts"
7− - "AGENTS.md"
8− - ".cursor/rules/**"
9− - ".cursor/skills/**"
10− - ".agents/skills/**"
11−alwaysApply: false
12−---
1+# AGENTS.md
132  
14−### Context Engineering Checklist
3+## Cursor Cloud specific instructions
154  
16−When writing or reviewing agent instructions, tool descriptions, or prompts:
5+`pnpm setup:agent` has already been run. Do not run it again. The environment is fully configured: dependencies installed, enterprise packages linked, project built, `.env` files in place, Docker services running, and a default user/org seeded. The dashboard auto signs in the pre-seeded agent user when opened in the browser (no manual login unless auto sign-in fails).
176  
18−- Is this explained elsewhere? → Consolidate to one location
19−- Would a senior dev infer this? → Remove if obvious
20−- Can this be an example instead? → One example beats three paragraphs of rules
21−- Is this defensive repetition ("MUST", "NEVER", "CRITICAL")? → State once, remove emphasis
22−- Does this duplicate a tool's own description? → Keep in tool description only
23−- Are there prescriptive step lists? → Compress to a sentence
24−- Is the altitude right? → Specific heuristics, not hardcoded logic or vague guidance
25−- Is this stable across requests? → Move to cached/static portion
7+## Build
8+ 
9+Run `pnpm build` after changes to `packages/` or `enterprise/`. Direct changes to `apps/` do not require a rebuild.
10+ 
11+## AI Boundaries
12+ 
13+### Always
14+- Work within: `apps/api`, `apps/dashboard`, `apps/worker`, `apps/ws`
15+- Use shared packages: `packages/shared`, `packages/framework`, `packages/js`, `packages/react`
16+- Follow `libs/dal` for data access, `libs/application-generic` for business logic
17+ 
18+### Ask First
19+- Before creating new UI components not in `apps/dashboard/src/components/`
20+- Before adding npm dependencies
21+- Before modifying MongoDB models, ClickHouse table definitions, or anything in `enterprise/` or `packages/providers/`
22+ 
23+### Never
24+- Inactive apps — do not touch, unless monorepo wide refactor: `apps/webhook`
25+- Auto-generated — never edit: `libs/internal-sdk`
26+- UI: reuse existing Radix/shadcn components only; do not copy patterns from `playground/` into production code
27+- If doing a monorepo wide refactor, you can touch the read only, but only when necessary.
28+ 
29+ 
30+## Developer-local agent config
31+ 
32+If a **`.agents-local/`** directory exists in your working copy, read **`.agents-local/README.md`** first for personal, git-ignored agent configuration, skills and rules. Absence of the directory is normal.
33+ 
34+## Novu Distribution
35+Novu is distributed in 3 modes, Community Edition, Enterprise Cloud Edition, and On-Prem Enterprise Edition.
36+ 
37+When making changes targeted to the Enterprise distribution, we need to make sure that the changes are not breaking the Community edition, and are properly gated behind a flag, or the novu enterpise env variables. Similarly when some changes are only targeting the Cloud, self-hosted on prem should not be affected.
38+ 
39+<!-- Infrastructure & services: see .cursor/rules/infrastructure.mdc -->
40+<!-- Dependency graph: see .cursor/rules/dependency-graph.mdc -->
41+<!-- Testing: see .cursor/rules/testing.mdc -->
42+<!-- PR format: see .cursor/rules/pullrequest.mdc -->
43+<!-- Enterprise submodule: see .cursor/skills/enterprise-submodule/SKILL.md -->
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