Cursor Vibe Coding Project Template

A comprehensive project template for vibe coding in Cursor with pre-configured AI tooling, MCP servers, and intelligent development workflows.

Table of Contents

• Quick Start
• Features
• What's Included
• Vibe Coding Workflow
• Configuration
• Documentation
• Contributing
• License

🚀 Quick Start

1. Create Your Project

Recommended: Use as GitHub Template

1. Click "Use this template" button on GitHub
2. Create your new repository from the template
3. Clone your new repository:

   git clone git@github.com:yourusername/your-project-name.git
   cd your-project-name
   cursor .
   

4. Prompt the AI agent: "initialize this project as <my project name>"

Alternative: Clone Template Directly

# If you cloned the template repository directly
git clone git@github.com:your-org/project_template.git my-new-project
cd my-new-project
cursor .

# Then prompt the AI agent:
# "Initialize the repo for my new project"

The AI agent will automatically handle template setup including:

• Setting up your MCP configuration
• Customizing files for your project
• Initializing git repository and GitHub repo (only needed for cloned templates)

Manual Setup (If Preferred)

# After cloning the template to your project folder
cd my-new-project

# REQUIRED: Set up MCP configuration
cp .cursor/.mcp.json.example .cursor/mcp.json
# Edit .cursor/mcp.json with your API keys

# Optional: Copy .env only if you plan to use TaskMaster CLI
# (Not needed for the recommended MCP workflow)
cp .env.example .env  # Optional
# Add your API keys to .env  # Only if using CLI

# IMPORTANT: Customize for your project
# - Replace this README.md with your project's README
# - Update SECURITY.md to remove template references
# - Remove or update any hardcoded paths in configuration files

2. Start Vibe Coding

cursor .
# For GitHub template usage: "initialize this project as <my project name>"
# For cloned templates: "Initialize the repo for my new project"

✨ Features

This template provides a ready-to-use development environment with:

• 🎯 TaskMaster AI Integration - Intelligent task management with AI-powered PRD parsing, complexity analysis, and task breakdown
• 🧠 Memory MCP Server - Persistent knowledge graph for maintaining context across sessions
• 🔗 Context7 MCP - Enhanced codebase understanding and contextual assistance
• 🐙 GitHub MCP Integration - Seamless GitHub repository and issue management
• 📝 Pre-configured Cursor Rules - Optimized rules for frontend, testing, Python, and workflow automation
• 🚀 Automated Git Workflows - Intelligent repository initialization with scoped permissions
• 🤖 Agent-Driven Setup - AI assistant handles template initialization automatically

🛠️ What's Included

MCP Servers (Pre-configured)

• TaskMaster AI - AI-powered project management and task orchestration
• Memory - Persistent knowledge graph for context retention
• Context7 - Enhanced codebase analysis and suggestions
• GitHub - Repository management and issue tracking

Cursor Rules

• development.mdc - Frontend, testing, and Python development best practices
• rule_management.mdc - Rule structure and formatting guidelines
• self_improve.mdc - Self-improving rule management patterns
• workflow.mdc - Git, Taskmaster, and Memory MCP workflows
• taskmaster/ - Comprehensive TaskMaster workflow rules

Setup & Configuration

• .cursor/.mcp.json.example - Template MCP server configuration
• .env.example - Optional environment variables for CLI usage

Project Structure

project_template/
├── .cursor/
│   ├── mcp.json              # MCP server configuration
│   ├── .mcp.json.example     # Template for MCP setup
│   └── rules/                # C

... [View full README on GitHub](https://github.com/jpke/cursor-vibe-coding-template#readme)