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Devin for Terminal can automatically import rules and configuration from other AI coding tools installed in your project. This happens when configuration files from Cursor, Windsurf, or Claude Code are detected in your workspace.

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How It Works

When you start a session, Devin for Terminal checks for configuration files from supported tools and imports what it finds.

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Cursor

What’s importedSource files
Rules.cursorrules, .cursor/rules/*.md, .cursor/rules/*.mdc
MCP servers.cursor/mcp.json

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Windsurf

What’s importedSource files
Rules.windsurf/rules/*.md, .windsurf/global_rules.md
Skills.windsurf/skills/ (project), ~/.codeium/windsurf/skills/ (global)
Workflows.windsurf/workflows/*.md
MCP servers~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

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Claude Code

What’s importedSource files
RulesCLAUDE.md, ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md
Skills.claude/skills/**/SKILL.md
Commands (as skills).claude/commands/**/*.md
MCP servers.mcp.json, .claude/settings.json, .claude/settings.local.json, ~/.claude.json, ~/.claude/settings.json, ~/.claude/settings.local.json, ~/.claude/mcp_servers.json
If any are found and not explicitly disabled, a notice appears: 
Loading configuration from Windsurf. Docs: https://cli.devin.ai/docs/... (shows 4 more times)
After 5 displays, the import is automatically enabled in your user config (~/.config/cognition/config.json) and the notice stops appearing.

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Disabling Configuration Import

To stop importing from a specific tool, set it to false in your config: 
// ~/.config/cognition/config.json
{
  "read_config_from": {
    "cursor": false,
    "windsurf": false,
    "claude": false
  }
}
You can disable imports selectively — for example, import from Cursor but not Windsurf: 
{
  "read_config_from": {
    "cursor": true,
    "windsurf": false
  }
}

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Options

OptionTypeDefaultDescription
cursorbooleantrueImport rules and MCP servers from Cursor config files
windsurfbooleantrueImport rules, skills, workflows, and MCP servers from Windsurf
claudebooleantrueImport rules, skills, commands, and MCP servers from Claude Code
Setting a value to true (or leaving it unset) enables import. Setting it to false disables import for that tool.

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Auto-Suppression

If you don’t explicitly configure read_config_from, Devin for Terminal shows a notice each session that configuration is being imported. After 5 sessions, the import is automatically written to your user config as enabled, and the notice stops. This keeps your workflow uninterrupted while giving you a chance to opt out.