diff --git a/src/recipes/ai-context/index.ts b/src/recipes/ai-context/index.ts
index 28d813858f6..d97ff66bf1e 100644
--- a/src/recipes/ai-context/index.ts
+++ b/src/recipes/ai-context/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { resolve } from 'node:path'
 
 import inquirer from 'inquirer'
 import semver from 'semver'
+import execa from 'execa'
 
 import type { RunRecipeOptions } from '../../commands/recipes/recipes.js'
 import { chalk, logAndThrowError, log, version } from '../../utils/command-helpers.js'
@@ -18,9 +19,14 @@ import {
 
 export const description = 'Manage context files for AI tools'
 
+const IDE_RULES_PATH_MAP = {
+  windsurf: '.windsurf/rules',
+  cursor: '.cursor/rules',
+}
+
 const presets = [
-  { name: 'Windsurf rules (.windsurf/rules/)', value: '.windsurf/rules' },
-  { name: 'Cursor rules (.cursor/rules/)', value: '.cursor/rules' },
+  { name: 'Windsurf rules (.windsurf/rules/)', value: IDE_RULES_PATH_MAP.windsurf },
+  { name: 'Cursor rules (.cursor/rules/)', value: IDE_RULES_PATH_MAP.cursor },
   { name: 'Custom location', value: '' },
 ]
 
@@ -56,11 +62,81 @@ const promptForPath = async (): Promise<string> => {
   return promptForPath()
 }
 
+type IDE = {
+  name: string
+  command: string
+  rulesPath: string
+}
+const IDE: IDE[] = [
+  {
+    name: 'Windsurf',
+    command: 'windsurf',
+    rulesPath: IDE_RULES_PATH_MAP.windsurf,
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'Cursor',
+    command: 'cursor',
+    rulesPath: IDE_RULES_PATH_MAP.cursor,
+  },
+]
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a command belongs to a known IDEs by checking if it includes a specific string.
+ * For example, the command that starts windsurf looks something like "/applications/windsurf.app/contents/...".
+ */
+const getIDEFromCommand = (command: string): IDE | null => {
+  // The actual command is something like "/applications/windsurf.app/contents/...", but we are only looking for windsurf
+  const match = IDE.find((ide) => command.includes(ide.command))
+  return match ?? null
+}
+
+/**
+ * Receives a process ID (pid) and returns both the command that the process was run with and its parent process ID. If the process is a known IDE, also returns information about that IDE.
+ */
+const getCommandAndParentPID = async (
+  pid: number,
+): Promise<{
+  parentPID: number
+  command: string
+  ide: IDE | null
+}> => {
+  const { stdout } = await execa('ps', ['-p', String(pid), '-o', 'ppid=,comm='])
+  const output = stdout.trim()
+  const spaceIndex = output.indexOf(' ')
+  const parentPID = output.substring(0, spaceIndex)
+  const command = output.substring(spaceIndex + 1).toLowerCase()
+  return {
+    parentPID: parseInt(parentPID, 10),
+    command: command,
+    ide: getIDEFromCommand(command),
+  }
+}
+
+const getPathByDetectingIDE = async (): Promise<string | null> => {
+  // Go up the chain of ancestor process IDs and find if one of their commands matches an IDE.
+  const ppid = process.ppid
+  let result: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getCommandAndParentPID>>
+  try {
+    result = await getCommandAndParentPID(ppid)
+    while (result.parentPID !== 1 && !result.ide) {
+      result = await getCommandAndParentPID(result.parentPID)
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // The command "ps -p {pid} -o ppid=,comm=" didn't work,
+    // perhaps we are on a machine that doesn't support it.
+    return null
+  }
+  return result.ide ? result.ide.rulesPath : null
+}
+
 export const run = async ({ args, command }: RunRecipeOptions) => {
   // Start the download in the background while we wait for the prompts.
   const download = downloadFile(version).catch(() => null)
 
-  const filePath = args[0] || (await promptForPath())
+  const filePath =
+    args[0] ||
+    ((process.env.AI_CONTEXT_SKIP_DETECTION === 'true' ? null : await getPathByDetectingIDE()) ??
+      (await promptForPath()))
   const { contents: downloadedFile, minimumCLIVersion } = (await download) ?? {}
 
   if (!downloadedFile) {