Your rules file only grows. Here's how to find the rules that do nothing

This is part 3 of a series on project rules for AI coding agents. Part 1 covered how Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex load your rules. Part 2 covered enforcing rules with hooks.

Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/rulestack/your-rules-file-only-grows-heres-how-to-find-the-rules-that-do-nothing-4n2m)