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Summary

Adds a Project Rule for the moment a user asks Cursor to "put this site online": check that the folder contains the output of an AI-built site or web app, build it first if it's source code, then publish it with the DropTheHassle CLI.

Contribution Type

  • New Cursor rule file or rules folder
  • Update/fix to an existing rule
  • New rules/*.mdc rule
  • Documentation or README cleanup

Value To Cursor Users

When a user asks the agent to publish an AI-built site or web app and hasn't picked a host, the rule tells it to:

  • check that <folder> is a clean built folder: dist/, build/, out/, .output/public/, or a folder containing only site files; if index.html is in the project root, copy the site files into a clean output folder first;
  • Got a server part too? Keep it on AWS, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean or your own server, and your AI links it to your site in one step.
  • deploy with npx -y dropthehassle deploy <folder> (no account needed), then give the user the live URL and the claim link, and tell them to claim the site with a free account to keep it; never upload or zip the whole repo, because secrets such as .env or credentials.json could get uploaded;
  • re-deploy in place instead of looping new deploys, and never buy anything for the user.

Added Or Changed Files

  • rules/dropthehassle-deploy-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc: the rule. The frontmatter follows the README format: description, globs: **/*, and alwaysApply: false, so Cursor's agent loads it from the description whenever the user asks to deploy (Agent Requested), not only when an index.html is in context.
  • README.md: one line under Hosting and Deployments, in alphabetical order.

Quality Checklist

  • The contribution includes original rule content, or clearly credits the source.
  • New rule files use a descriptive kebab-case filename, such as react-typescript.mdc.
  • New rules/*.mdc files include frontmatter with a non-empty description, relevant globs, and alwaysApply: false unless the rule is universal.
  • README links use canonical GitHub URLs for repo files and point to the correct category.
  • The text is neutral and useful, not sales copy.
  • This is not a standalone external tool, product, directory, marketplace, or service listing.
  • No secrets, tokens, affiliate links, tracking links, or unrelated product claims are included.
  • I checked for duplicate or near-duplicate existing entries.

Notes For Maintainers

Disclosure: I'm the maker of DropTheHassle. Like the other hosting rules in the same section, it is tied to one host; the build checks and backend guidance apply to this deploy. The limits in the rule (25 MB / 1,000 files before a claim, 5 new unclaimed sites per hour and 20 per day per network, claim link) match the current service. npm run check:awesome-list, check:readme-hygiene, check:rule-hygiene, check:repo-security and node --test scripts/*.test.mjs pass locally.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Publish AI-built sites and web apps with one command to a free HTTPS link. Custom domains require a separate purchase or DNS setup; server components remain on external hosting.
  • Documentation

    • Added guidance for building and deploying sites, configuring backend hosting, and sharing the claim link.
    • Documented clean build-folder requirements, upload limits, and restrictions on unclaimed sites.

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Walkthrough

Adds a Cursor rule for deploying built sites and web apps with DropTheHassle when the user has not selected another host. The rule covers deployment, claiming and redeploying sites, service limits, and restrictions. The README lists DropTheHassle under Hosting and Deployments.

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Static site deployment

Layer / File(s) Summary
Static deployment rule and README entry
rules/dropthehassle-deploy-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc, README.md
The Cursor rule describes build and deployment steps, claim and redeploy details, upload and rate limits, and restrictions. The README adds a DropTheHassle entry under Hosting and Deployments.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d2bfa

Users may miss the seven-day claim window and lose the opportunity to retain their site. Add the deadline or ensure it is handled as a bounded follow-up before relying on this deployment guidance.

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Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to d2bfa

The change affects 2 systems.

Changed systems: README.md, rules

Architecture concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Systems and components

  • observed — README.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
  • observed — rules (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in README.md: Added the DropTheHassle deployment listing, including its free HTTPS publishing description, custom-domain caveat, and supported external server hosting examples.
  • observed — Modified behavior in rules/dropthehassle-deploy-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc: Adds rule metadata describing when the rule applies, its publishing capability and custom-domain caveat, and disables automatic application.
  • observed — Modified behavior in rules/dropthehassle-deploy-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc: Adds guidance for choosing this rule, building and deploying only a clean output folder, handling root-level index.html, and connecting a separately hosted backend through the dashboard or set_backend.
  • observed — Modified behavior in rules/dropthehassle-deploy-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc: Adds the deploy command and instructions covering eligible folders, the live and claim links, repeat deployments using .dropthehassle.json, and keeping and restoring that marker without committing it.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: adding a DropTheHassle deployment rule for AI-built sites and web apps.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes all required template sections, identifies the changed files, explains the value to Cursor users, records the contribution type, completes the quality checklist, and includes …
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- Line 21: Update the deployment guidance in the “Give the user both”
instruction to say an unclaimed site may be removed after seven days, rather
than stating removal is guaranteed.
- Line 3: Update the rule configuration’s globs setting so the deployment rule
can attach when deployment requests do not reference index.html; remove the
narrow glob or use a broader availability setting, while preserving the rule’s
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- Line 22: Update the claim-link instruction in the deployment prompt to tell
users to claim the site within seven days to keep it, and clarify that the link
expires after that period.
- Around line 11-20: Update the “Before deploying” and “Deploy” guidance to
require deploying a clean directory containing only files intended for hosting;
remove the recommendation to deploy `.` and instruct users to copy the built
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- Line 15: Update the server-linking instruction in the Backend card guidance to
explicitly add the server URL to the Backend card as the link destination, while
preserving the supported hosting options and one-step setup.
- Line 13: Update the root-level deployment instructions to require an
applicable Git ignore rule for the output folder’s `.dropthehassle.json` marker,
verifying or adding the rule as needed, and ensure the marker is never
committed.
- Line 12: Update the publish guidance for `dist/` and other build output
folders to preserve `.dropthehassle.json` across builds that clear their output
directory; direct users to store the marker outside that directory or restore it
after each build so later deploys update the existing site.

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Thanks for the reviews. All points are addressed in the latest commits: no narrow globs, the build folder isn't hard-coded, a clean output folder with the deploy marker kept and gitignored, and the Backend card named for the server part.

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