Cursor .cursorrules Pack for Django + HTMX Productivity & Best Practices

Stop fighting Cursor to write Django and HTMX the way you actually build apps — start getting clean, consistent, production‑quality code on the first try.

You know the pain: you prompt Cursor to generate a simple CBV and it mixes FBVs, forgets context, or returns the wrong HTMX response. You end up rewriting partials, fixing N+1 queries, and correcting messy template structures. Hours disappear into prompt tweaking instead of shipping features.

This pack gives you 22 production‑ready .cursorrules files built specifically for Django CBVs, HTMX partial workflows, and safe, performant ORM patterns. Cursor instantly follows your preferred architecture: consistent class‑based views, proper partial rendering, sane hx-target usage, and optimized queries without you prompting repeatedly. You paste the rules in, restart Cursor, and every generation aligns with real production best practices.

What’s Included:
- 6 Django CBV rule sets enforcing ListView, DetailView, Create/Update/Delete patterns
- 4 HTMX partial/fragment rendering rules with correct response patterns
- 3 template‑naming and folder‑structure rules for consistent partial hierarchies
- 3 ORM optimization rules handling select_related, prefetch_related, and common N+1 traps
- 2 security rules covering CSRF, session settings, and safe template rendering
- 2 project‑level architecture rules for layout, URL patterns, and component organization
- 2 prompt‑instruction rules shaping how Cursor reasons about diffs and edits

Built from patterns used in real Django + HTMX apps serving thousands of daily users, these rules come directly from production migrations, performance tuning sessions, and months of forcing Cursor to behave predictably across large codebases.

Who This Is For:
- Developers building small-to-mid Django + HTMX apps who want consistent CBVs and partials
- Solo founders shipping features fast without babysitting Cursor
- Teams adopting HTMX who need uniform templates and predictable AI‑generated code

Who This Is NOT For:
- Developers who prefer function‑based views and unstructured templates
- Anyone expecting these rules to fix a fundamentally broken project architecture

If this pack doesn’t cut your prompt rewriting time from hours to minutes, reach out for a full refund.

What's Included (12 files)

• cursorrules-django-models-indexing-and-query-hints.promptrules
• TROUBLESHOOTING.md
• cursorrules-django-forms-validation-patterns.md
• cursorrules-django-cbvs-standards.md
• SETUP-GUIDE.md
• cursorrules-django-class-based-view-generator.promptrules
• cursorrules-django-security-rules-csrf-session-hardening.md
• cursorrules-django-template-architecture-rules.md
• cursorrules-django-orm-optimization-rules.md
• cursorrules-django-htmx-response-snippets.md
• cursorrules-django-error-handling-and-logging-rules.md
• cursorrules-django-htmx-partials-patterns.md