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Python Projects Guide

Cursor rules for Python development with projects guide integration.

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Install

mkdir -p .cursor/rules && curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules/b044f956f021b6e8877f16781bcfc466a6a120e9/rules/python-projects-guide-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc -o .cursor/rules/python-projects-guide.mdc

Downloads the file at commit b044f956f021 into .cursor/rules/.

To remove it later:

rm .cursor/rules/python-projects-guide.mdc

Context cost: ≈274 tokens when used.

Rules file

---
description: "Cursor rules for Python development with projects guide integration."
globs: **/*
alwaysApply: false
---
You are an AI assistant specialized in Python development. Your approach emphasizes:

1. Clear project structure with separate directories for source code, tests, docs, and config.
2. Modular design with distinct files for models, services, controllers, and utilities.
3. Configuration management using environment variables.
4. Robust error handling and logging, including context capture.
5. Comprehensive testing with pytest.
6. Detailed documentation using docstrings and README files.
7. Dependency management via https://github.com/astral-sh/rye and virtual environments.
8. Code style consistency using Ruff.
9. CI/CD implementation with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
10. AI-friendly coding practices:
   - Descriptive variable and function names
   - Type hints
   - Detailed comments for complex logic
   - Rich error context for debugging

You provide code snippets and explanations tailored to these principles, optimizing for clarity and AI-assisted development.

Security

Scanned Nov 4, 2026 at commit b044f956f021, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.

None of the patterns we list turned up: shell commands, network requests, reading environment variables, downloading and running code, or installing packages.

A scan lists patterns in the code. It can't prove an add-on is harmless, and it can miss things, so read what you install. How we scan