Chuck 8b838ff366 docs: fix .cursorrules — the file Cursor auto-loads to learn the API ...

This is the file that Cursor reads to learn how plugin development
works. Stale entries here directly mislead AI-assisted plugin authors
on every new plugin. Several of the same bug patterns I've been
fixing in the user-facing docs were here too.

Display Manager section (highest impact)
- "draw_image(image, x, y): Draw PIL Image" — that method doesn't
  exist on DisplayManager. Same bug already fixed in
  PLUGIN_API_REFERENCE.md, PLUGIN_DEVELOPMENT_GUIDE.md,
  ledmatrix-stocks/README.md, and .cursor/plugin_templates/QUICK_START.md.
  Removed the bullet and replaced it with a paragraph explaining the
  real pattern: paste onto display_manager.image directly, then
  update_display(). Includes the transparency-mask form.
- Added the small_font/centered args to draw_text() since they're
  the ones that matter most for new plugin authors
- Added draw_weather_icon since it's commonly used

Cache Manager section
- "delete(key): Remove cached value" — there's no delete() method
  on CacheManager. The real method is clear_cache(key=None) (also
  removes everything when called without args). Same bug as before.
- Added get_cached_data_with_strategy and get_background_cached_data
  since contributors will hit these when working on sports plugins

Plugin System Overview
- "loaded from the plugins/ directory" — clarified that the default
  is plugin-repos/ (per config.template.json:130) with plugins/ as
  the dev fallback used by scripts/dev/dev_plugin_setup.sh

Plugin Development Workflow
- ./dev_plugin_setup.sh -> ./scripts/dev/dev_plugin_setup.sh (×2)
- Manual setup step "Create directory in plugins/<plugin-id>/" ->
  plugin-repos/<plugin-id>/ as the canonical location
- "Use emulator: python run.py --emulator or ./run_emulator.sh"
  — the --emulator flag doesn't exist; ./run_emulator.sh isn't at
  root (it lives at scripts/dev/run_emulator.sh). Replaced with the
  real options: scripts/dev_server.py for dev preview, or
  EMULATOR=true python3 run.py for the full emulator path.

Configuration Management
- "Reference secrets via config_secrets key in main config" — this
  is the same fictional reference syntax I just fixed in
  .cursor/plugins_guide.md. Verified in src/config_manager.py:162-172
  that secrets are deep-merged into the main config; there's no
  separate reference field. Replaced with a clear explanation of
  the deep-merge approach.

Code Organization
- "plugins/<plugin-id>/" -> the canonical location is
  plugin-repos/<plugin-id>/ (or its dev-time symlink in plugins/)
- "see plugins/hockey-scoreboard/ as reference" — the canonical
  source for example plugins is the ledmatrix-plugins repo. Updated
  the pointer.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-04-07 10:22:41 -04:00

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