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Cursor rules for React Native

React Native rules tell Cursor whether you're on Expo or bare workflow, your navigation library, styling approach (StyleSheet vs NativeWind), and platform-specific patterns. They keep generated screens consistent and avoid web-React assumptions that don't hold on native.

Every .cursorrules and .mdc file below targets React Nativeand is quality-scored from automated signals — freshness, schema completeness, and review activity — not star counts you can game. Each listing carries its real GitHub author and SPDX license, so you know exactly what you're pasting into your repo and under what terms. That's the difference between this and an awesome-cursor-rules link dump: here a stale or broken React Native rule sinks to the bottom instead of sitting at the top because someone starred it in 2024.

Top React Native Cursor rules by quality score

Ranked by quality score, refreshed daily. 7 React Native rules on RuleSell right now.

How to install a React Native .mdc rule

  1. 1. Pick a rule above

    Open the highest quality-scored React Native listing and read the preview — make sure its conventions match your stack before you copy it.

  2. 2. Choose a location

    Project-wide rules go in .cursorrules at your repo root. Scoped rules go in .cursor/rules/react-native.mdc and attach to file globs.

  3. 3. Paste and scope it

    Drop the contents in. For a .mdc file, set the frontmatter globs (e.g. globs: "**/*.ts") so Cursor auto-attaches it only for React Native files.

  4. 4. Reload Cursor

    Reload the Cursor window so the rule is loaded, then confirm it appears under Settings → Rules in your active context.

# Project-wide rule
cp react-native.cursorrules ./.cursorrules

# Or a scoped .mdc rule (auto-attaches by glob):
mkdir -p .cursor/rules
cat > .cursor/rules/react-native.mdc <<'EOF'
---
description: React Native project conventions
globs: "**/*"
alwaysApply: false
---
# ...paste the rule body here...
EOF

React Native Cursor rules — frequently asked

What's the best Cursor rule for React Native?

The best React Native Cursor rule is the one that encodes your project's conventions — not a generic one-size-fits-all file. On RuleSell, React Native rules are ranked by quality score (freshness, schema completeness, and review signals), so the top of this page is a defensible starting point. Open the highest-scored listing, then trim it to match your stack.

Where do React Native .cursorrules files go?

Put a project-wide rule in a .cursorrules file at your repo root. For scoped rules, create .cursor/rules/react-native.mdc and attach it to the relevant file globs (for example **/*.ts) so Cursor only loads it when you're editing matching React Native files. Commit both to git so your whole team gets the same context.

Do these React Native rules work in Windsurf or Claude Code too?

Often, yes. A plain-markdown React Native rule frequently works as-is in Windsurf (rename to .windsurfrules) and as project context for Claude Code (paste into CLAUDE.md). RuleSell dual-tags listings that are verified compatible across environments.

Are these React Native Cursor rules free?

Yes — every listing is free to download during beta. Each React Native rule keeps its original GitHub author attribution and SPDX license, so you always know the provenance. Paid publishing with creator payouts opens after beta.

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