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Terms of Service
Last updated: January 15, 2025
These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the CursorRules website located at https://www.cursorrules.org operated by CursorRules: AI Code Standards & .cursorrules Templates Hub ("we", "us", or "our").
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing and using our Service, you accept and agree to be bound by the terms and provision of this agreement. If you do not agree to abide by the above, please do not use this service.
2. Description of Service
CursorRules provides a platform for sharing and discovering AI-powered .cursorrules templates and code standards. Our services include:
- Access to community-verified .cursorrules templates
- AI-powered rule generation tools
- Educational content and tutorials
- Community discussion and sharing features
3. User Accounts and Registration
3.1 Account Creation
To access certain features of our Service, you may be required to create an account. When you create an account with us, you must provide information that is accurate, complete, and current at all times.
3.2 Account Security
You are responsible for safeguarding the password and for all activities that occur under your account. You agree not to disclose your password to any third party and to take sole responsibility for activities that occur under your account.
3.3 Account Termination
You may terminate your account at any time by contacting us. We may terminate or suspend your account immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach the Terms.
4. User Content and Conduct
4.1 Content Guidelines
You are solely responsible for any content you post, upload, link to, transmit, distribute, or otherwise make available through the Service. You agree that your content will not:
- Violate any applicable laws or regulations
- Infringe upon the rights of any third party
- Contain malicious code, viruses, or harmful components
- Be defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable
- Spam or unsolicited promotional content
4.2 Content License
By posting content to our Service, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute your content in connection with the Service.
4.3 Prohibited Activities
You agree not to:
- Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or to solicit others to perform unlawful acts
- Violate any international, federal, provincial, or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances
- Infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others
- Harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate
- Submit false or misleading information
- Upload viruses or other malicious code
- Collect or track the personal information of others
- Spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape
- Use the Service for any obscene or immoral purpose
- Interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Service
5. Intellectual Property Rights
5.1 Our Content
The Service and its original content, features, and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of CursorRules and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws.
5.2 User Content
You retain rights to any content you submit, post, or make available through the Service. However, by using our Service, you grant us the rights specified in Section 4.2.
5.3 DMCA Notice
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any material available on or through the Service infringes upon any copyright you own, please notify us immediately.
6. Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your use of the Service, to understand our practices.
7. Third-Party Services and Advertising
7.1 Third-Party Content
Our Service may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by CursorRules. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services.
7.2 Advertising
We may display advertisements and promotions from third parties on our Service. We are not responsible for the availability, accuracy, or content of such advertisements. Your interactions with advertisers found on the Service are solely between you and such advertisers.
7.3 Google AdSense
We may use Google AdSense to serve advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
8. Disclaimer of Warranties
The information on this Service is provided on an "as is" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude:
- All representations and warranties relating to this Service and its contents
- Any liability for damages arising from the use of this Service
- Any guarantee that the Service will be continuously available or error-free
9. Limitation of Liability
In no event shall CursorRules, nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from your use of the Service.
10. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CursorRules and its licensee and licensors, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees).
11. Termination
We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without limitation, including but not limited to a breach of the Terms.
12. Governing Law
These Terms shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of the State of California, United States, without regard to conflict of law provisions. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights.
13. Dispute Resolution
13.1 Informal Resolution
Before filing a claim against CursorRules, you agree to try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting us at [email protected]. We'll try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting you via email.
13.2 Formal Resolution
If a dispute is not resolved within 15 days of submission, any resulting legal actions must be filed in the state or federal courts located in California, United States.
14. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect.
15. Changes to Terms
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will try to provide at least 30 days notice prior to any new terms taking effect.
16. Entire Agreement
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between us regarding our Service and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have had between us regarding the Service.
17. Age Restriction
Our Service is intended for users who are at least 13 years old. If you are under 13, you may not use our Service.
18. International Users
Our Service is hosted in the United States. If you are accessing our Service from outside the United States, you are voluntarily transferring information to the United States, and you agree that our collection, use, storage, and sharing of your information is subject to the laws of the United States.
19. Contact Information
If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us:
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: https://www.cursorrules.org
- Address: California, United States
By using our Service, you acknowledge that you have read these Terms of Service and agree to be bound by them.