Command reference Β· Cursor CLI
/rules
Interactive browser for viewing and editing the loaded Cursor rules.
/rules is β alongside /update β one of two genuine slash commands in this group: an interactive command within a running Cursor CLI session, not a terminal subcommand. It opens an interactive browser for the currently loaded Cursor rules with inline editing, right from within the chat.
Officially, /rules is so far only documented in the changelog (January 2026, together with the related /commands browser for custom commands), not in the separate slash command reference table β which currently lists around 30 commands, with /rules and /commands missing from it. This is a gap in the reference page compared to the changelog, not an uncertainty about the command itself.
Rules live on the project side as .mdc files under .cursor/rules. With /rules you can see at a glance which of them are actually loaded and active in the current session, and edit them directly without having to manually open the file in the editor.
π THE SAME TASK (βEDIT PROJECT CONFIG/INSTRUCTIONSβ) ON OTHER PLATFORMS
β WHEN TO USE IT?
Check active rules before a task
Open /rules before starting a new task to see which project conventions currently apply
Quickly adjust a rule directly
Open /rules and correct a loaded .mdc rule via inline editing, without opening the file in the editor
β WHEN NOT TO?
Looking for skills or commands
/rules shows only Cursor rules, not skills or custom commands.
Better: Use /skills or /commands
SOURCES
- Cursor Docs β Changelog β cursor.com