Notepads are reusable context documents in Cursor — like sticky notes that you can attach to any conversation to give the AI persistent background information.

What to Put in Notepads

• Project architecture overview
• API design conventions
• Business rules and domain logic
• Onboarding documentation for new features
• Standard patterns your team follows

How to Use

1. Open Cursor → Notepads panel
2. Create a new notepad with your context
3. In Chat or Composer, type @Notepad to attach it

vs .cursorrules

Notepads are flexible and conversation-specific. .cursorrules applies automatically to everything.

Reference:

Notepads documentation

https://docs.cursor.com/context/notepads