# react-formengine-ai-form-builder-cursorrules-prompt-file

A Cursor rule that has the agent build React forms from a screenshot, PDF, HTML or text description and return a FormEngine JSON schema plus a runnable App.tsx.

- rule · `type=rule` · Cursor · ★ 41024
- Author: PatrickJS
- License: CC0-1.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules/tree/HEAD/rules/react-formengine-ai-form-builder-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc
- Updated: 2026-05-30
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/rules/react-formengine-ai-form-builder-cursorrules-prompt-file

## What it does

The rule pins down what the agent must hand back: `form.json` with a FormEngine schema checked against the component types of the chosen UI library, and `App.tsx` that imports the schema and renders it through `<FormViewer>`. A short validation report and an install command come with it. The schema is portable data, not throwaway JSX.

Inside is a list of schema invariants. The root is always `type: "Screen"`, every node carries a `key` and a `type` that exists in the target library, and prop values are wrapped as `{ "value": "Email" }`. Validation rules sit in `schema.validations` on the field that owns the data, never on the root. Styling stays at the layout level: `css` and `wrapperCss` take flex, grid, spacing and sizing, while colour, fonts and shadows belong in the library's theme provider in `App.tsx`. The legacy `style` field is off limits, and so is any HTML markup inside strings.

By default the rule targets FormEngine Core under MIT through `@react-form-builder/core` and `@react-form-builder/components-rsuite`; Material UI and Mantine come in when the user names them. Premium components such as Signature or DataGrid should not appear unless asked for directly. Validation keys come from the Zod set only: there is no `minLength` or `maxLength`, so `min` and `max` with `args.limit` are used instead.

## Install

### Cursor (native platform)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/rules/react-formengine-ai-form-builder-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc` — Frontmatter: description, globs, alwaysApply

### Claude Code

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/rules/react-formengine-ai-form-builder-cursorrules-prompt-file.md` — The paths frontmatter field limits the files: move globs from the source into paths

### Codex

**AGENTS.md**
- Codex reads AGENTS.md: paste the rule text there

### GitHub Copilot

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/instructions/react-formengine-ai-form-builder-cursorrules-prompt-file.instructions.md` — The applyTo field sets which files it applies to: move globs from the source into applyTo

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/rules/react-formengine-ai-form-builder-cursorrules-prompt-file.md`

### Cline

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.clinerules/react-formengine-ai-form-builder-cursorrules-prompt-file.md`

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules/tree/HEAD/rules/react-formengine-ai-form-builder-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc

## When to use it
- turn a design screenshot into a working form
- get a FormEngine JSON schema instead of scattered JSX
- port an HTML form to RSuite components
- check validation keys against the Zod set
- render the schema in React through `<FormViewer>`

## Example prompts
- Build a signup form from `signup.png` using RSuite
- Generate `form.json` and `App.tsx` for an order form with email and phone fields
- Convert this HTML form into a FormEngine schema on Mantine

## Source text · react-formengine-ai-form-builder-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc · CC0-1.0

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```text
---
description: "Cursor rules for generating React forms from screenshots, PDFs, HTML, or text descriptions with validated FormEngine JSON schema. Renders through RSuite, Material UI, or Mantine."
globs: **/*
alwaysApply: false
---
# FormEngine — AI Form Builder for React

Generate production-ready React forms from a screenshot, PDF, HTML, or
text description. The output is a validated FormEngine JSON schema plus
a runnable App.tsx — portable data, not throwaway JSX.

Default target: FormEngine Core (MIT, free) via `@react-form-builder/core`
+ `@react-form-builder/components-rsuite` (or Material UI / Mantine).

Source repo: https://github.com/lukinov/ai-form-builder

## What you produce — every time

1. `form.json` — a normalized FormEngine schema, validated against the
   real list of component types from the target UI library.
2. `App.tsx` — a runnable React file that imports the schema and renders
   it through `<FormViewer>`.
3. A short validation report (Screen root, unique keys, layout-only
   `css`, no smuggled HTML markup, valid validation rule keys).
4. Install command + a link to the free Online FormBuilder
   (https://formbuilder.formengine.io) so the user can tweak visually.

## Hard rules — never violate

### Schema invariants

- Root is `type: "Screen"` (NOT `"Form"`).
- Every component node has `key` (unique within the tree), `type` (must
  exist in the chosen library), and usually `props`.
- **Every prop value is wrapped:** `"label": { "value": "Email" }` —
  never `"label": "Email"`.
- Validations live under `schema.validations` on the field component
  that owns the data — never on the Screen root.
- Use the correct tooltip/error types:
  - RSuite: `RsTooltip` / `RsErrorMessage`
  - MUI: `MuiTooltip` / `MuiErrorWrapper`
  - Mantine: `MtTooltip` / `MtErrorWrapper`

### Layout vs. styling

- `css` and `wrapperCss` are **layout-only** — flex, grid, box-model,
  margin, padding, gap, width/height, alignment. **Never** color, font,
  background, border, shadow, radius, opacity, transform.
- Visual styling belongs in the UI library's theme provider in
  `App.tsx` (`<CustomProvider>` / `<ThemeProvider>` / `<MantineProvider>`).
- The legacy `style` field is **forbidden** — use `css` / `wrapperCss`.
- The shape is `{ "any": { "object": { "<layout-key>": "<value>" } } }`,
  never a plain CSS string.
- No companion `.css` file alongside `App.tsx`. No root `className`. No
  `<style>` blocks. No `styled-components`.

### Plain-text strings only

Every string inside any prop is plain text. **No HTML markup of any
kind**, anywhere — no `<h1>`, `<p>`, `<strong>`, `<small>`, `<br>`, no
`style="..."`, no `class="..."`, no `<style>` block. Express section
headings and structure with components (`RsCard` with `header` prop,
`RsHeader`, `RsDivider`) — not embedded HTML.

### Validation rule keys — Zod set only

Valid keys: `required`, `nonEmpty`, `min`, `max`, `length`, `email`,
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