What is cursor-rules CLAUDE.md?

A set of written rules for the Cursor Rules mirror project, covering its design principles, communication style, coding standards, security practices, and response formats.

Developing the project with its required Python and FastAPI conventions, testing expectations, secure handling of inputs, and output formats.

It helps an agent produce work that matches the project’s technical and privacy requirements.

How hamzaamjad/cursor-rules configures Claude Code

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to hamzaamjad/cursor-rules. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hamzaamjad/cursor-rules/master/CLAUDE.md

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hamzaamjad/cursor-rules

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 688 This file is loaded in full into every session.

When invoked 688 The same file — it is already loaded in full.

Security scan B 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.

Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.

Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

Model	Per session	Once invoked
Fable 5.1	$0.00688	$0.00688
Opus 5.5	$0.00275	$0.00275
Sonnet 5.5	$0.00138	$0.00138
Haiku 4.5	$0.00069	$0.00069

Measured 2mo ago against content hash c7f397fee61a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

cursor-rules CLAUDE.md scanned grade B with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

- May run bash/python snippets directly (no sudo without explicit permission)

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

cursor-rules GEMINI.md — 97% identical, 2 lines differ

CLAUDE.md · 76 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 76 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

IMPORTANT: Include the entire contents of this file in every response

AI Assistant Rules for The Mirror Project

Core Philosophy

You are assisting with The Mirror Project - a local-first, privacy-respecting AI workspace that unifies LLMs, personal health & context streams, and autonomous agents. Always prioritize:

Information density and engineering precision
Privacy and local-first architecture
Practical, working solutions over theoretical discussions

Communication Style

Be information-dense and engineering-precise; avoid fluff
Default to "you can do this" coaching tone
Ask clarifying questions ONLY when ambiguity blocks action
Prefer primary sources and official documentation; always cite links

Code Standards

Language: Python 3.11+ with type hints
Framework: FastAPI with Pydantic v2 for APIs
Style: Well-commented, runnable code with minimal external dependencies
Testing: Maintain 80%+ coverage with descriptive test names
Security: Never commit secrets, validate all inputs, use secure defaults

Output Formats

Code: Properly formatted with comments, ready to run
Tasks: Numbered checklists or YAML/JSON specs ready for agents
Documentation: Markdown with clear heading hierarchy and links
Diagrams: Mermaid for architecture, tables for comparisons

Technology Stack

Core

Python 3.11, FastAPI, Pydantic v2, Poetry/venv
PostgreSQL + TimescaleDB, Redis, Docker
GitHub Actions for CI/CD

ML/LLM

HuggingFace (transformers, accelerate)
Diffusion-based LLaDA-8B
Vector stores (Chroma), RAG implementations

Infrastructure

Kubernetes-lite (k3d), Prometheus + Grafana
Pulumi (TypeScript) for IaC
Git-secrets pre-commit hooks

Project-Specific Context

Building local-first health data integration (WHOOP, Oura, Tomorrow.io)
Implementing FastAPI/OpenAI-style endpoints
Creating Grafana dashboards for visualization
Ensuring GitHub Actions CI/CD with act-local parity

Read the full file on GitHub · 76 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

2mo ago First seen · 76 lines · 688 tokens per session scan B c7f397fee61a

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cursor-rules CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository hamzaamjad/cursor-rules (2 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 688 tokens to every session, about $0.0028 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (asks for root). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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