Since the AI-assisted development era began, I have had dozens and dozens of requests to share my .cursor/rules for writing TypeScript code.
I was hoping to rely on community resources for this. There are dozens of directories springing up to document different folks' Cursor rules.
But my brief explorations into these community directories have been disappointing. The rules that are there are low-quality, underwritten, low on code examples, and not widely applicable.
Cursor Rules for Better AI Development
Here's a quick .cursor/rules addition you can make for handling return types in TypeScript.
# Return Types
When declaring functions on the top-level of a module,
declare their return types. This will help future AI
assistants understand the function's purpose.
```ts
const myFunc = (): string => {
return "hello";
};
```
One exception to this is components which return JSX.
No need to
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