diff --git a/.cursorignore b/.cursorignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9b535d61c3345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cursorignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Cursor already respects .gitignore.
+# We tried adding .cursorignore rules for binary files (e.g. images, zip archives, fonts);
+# index size was unchanged, so this file is left without those rules.
diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 014bfd2fc7b44..da34c3c5d35c9 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -3247,6 +3247,7 @@ x-pack/solutions/security/test/moon.yml @elastic/kibana-operations
 
 # Leads approval
 /AGENTS.md @elastic/kibana-tech-leads
+.cursorignore @elastic/kibana-tech-leads
 /.claude/ @elastic/kibana-tech-leads
 
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