Generate production-ready Django Cursor rules for Project Rules (.mdc), AGENTS.md, or legacy .cursorrules. This template encodes stack-specific conventions for projects using Django. Python web framework with ORM, admin, auth, and batteries-included conventions.
The template focuses Cursor AI on concrete Django practices instead of generic coding advice. Required sections are always included; optional sections can be enabled when they match your project.
The generator turns these sections into Project Rules with frontmatter, AGENTS.md, or a single .cursorrules file depending on the output format you choose.
- Follow Django's app-based modular structure.
- Use 4 spaces for indentation.
- Use snake_case for variables, functions, and methods.
- Keep business logic in models, managers, and services — not in views.
- Use class-based views for common patterns, function-based for simple ones.
- Organize templates by app under templates/<app_name>/.- Define models with explicit field types and constraints.
- Use Meta class for ordering, indexes, and constraints.
- Use related_name explicitly for ForeignKey and ManyToManyField.
- Use model managers for reusable queryset logic.
- Use select_related() and prefetch_related() to avoid N+1 queries.
- Use migrations for all schema changes — never alter tables manually.- Use Django REST Framework for API endpoints.
- Use ModelSerializer for CRUD serializers.
- Use ViewSets with routers for standard REST patterns.
- Use permission_classes for access control on every endpoint.
- Use @action decorator for custom non-CRUD endpoints.
- Use pagination for list endpoints with reasonable defaults.