From 5aa19c381bb4fefd98431ce5eb5037dc65f520a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zzstoatzz <thrast36@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 23:08:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] also rules

---
 .cursor/rules/debug.mdc |  7 +++++++
 .cursor/rules/mre.mdc   | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .cursor/rules/debug.mdc
 create mode 100644 .cursor/rules/mre.mdc

diff --git a/.cursor/rules/debug.mdc b/.cursor/rules/debug.mdc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9d756d8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cursor/rules/debug.mdc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+description: 
+globs: 
+alwaysApply: false
+---
+- prefer using your shell tool to find and `rg` through site-packages to your web tool when you need to know details on upstream libraries
+- iterative, empirical observations are better than rumination
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diff --git a/.cursor/rules/mre.mdc b/.cursor/rules/mre.mdc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5acf9e9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cursor/rules/mre.mdc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+description: 
+globs: 
+alwaysApply: false
+---
+- put a MINIMAL reproducible example in repros/{issue_number}.py
+- afterwards, change the library as needed, if necessary
+- test against the MRE
+- add unit tests (in a sensible place) if applicable
+- after adding tests, critically review them and the library changes
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