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evanca/flutter-ai-rules

Teaching AI IDEs to Speak Proper Flutter

Curated, documentation-driven rules and skills that stop Cursor and Windsurf from inventing Flutter best practices.

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What it does

This repo distills official Flutter, Dart, and ecosystem documentation into modular rules and “skills” for AI-powered IDEs. Drop them into .cursor/skills/ or paste a combined rule set into Windsurf, and the agent references actual docs instead of inventing state-management patterns. It acts as a translation layer between sprawling official documentation and the tight context window of an AI assistant.

The interesting bit

The project stays aggressively non-opinionated: every rule is sourced straight from official docs—Effective Dart, Bloc, Riverpod, Firebase—which means consistency by default, even if two skills occasionally suggest conflicting folder structures. The newer “skills” format is the clever part: instead of front-loading a wall of text, the agent pulls in guidance only when it detects a relevant task.

Key highlights

  • Modular design: mix individual rules or grab pre-combined sets for common stacks like Flutter + Riverpod + Mockito.
  • Two delivery modes: static rules for traditional setups, and dynamic skills that agents load contextually based on the task.
  • Combined files stay under 6,000 characters to respect Windsurf’s limits.
  • Sourced exclusively from official documentation—no blog-opinion leakage.
  • Covers testing (Mockito, Mocktail), state management (Bloc, Riverpod, Provider), Firebase, and Dart 3 features.

Caveats

  • Strict adherence to official docs means contradictory rules can coexist; one package’s architecture advice may clash with another’s.
  • This is curated documentation glue, not a linter or code generator; it only helps if your IDE actually reads the files.

Verdict

Grab it if you use Cursor or Windsurf for Flutter and want the agent to stop inventing best practices. Skip it if you already maintain a battle-tested custom ruleset or prefer your AI to freestyle.

Frequently asked

What is evanca/flutter-ai-rules?
Curated, documentation-driven rules and skills that stop Cursor and Windsurf from inventing Flutter best practices.
Is flutter-ai-rules open source?
Yes — evanca/flutter-ai-rules is open source, released under the MIT license.
What language is flutter-ai-rules written in?
evanca/flutter-ai-rules is primarily written in Shell.
How popular is flutter-ai-rules?
evanca/flutter-ai-rules has 593 stars on GitHub.
Where can I find flutter-ai-rules?
evanca/flutter-ai-rules is on GitHub at https://github.com/evanca/flutter-ai-rules.

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