cpp

cpp is a cursor rule for Cursor from AcKeskin/contexture. It costs 0 tokens per session (3,811 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of C++ rules for safe multithreaded code using locks, atomics, and limited shared state. C++ is a programming language where manual synchronization mistakes can cause races and deadlocks.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps protect shared data, acquire multiple locks safely, use atomic flags and counters, and design code that avoids unnecessary sharing.
Why use it?
It prevents locks from being left held after errors or early returns and avoids unsafe assumptions about volatile data. It also reduces deadlocks from inconsistent lock ordering.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: a Cursor rule (.mdc).

Good fit It helps protect shared data, acquire multiple locks safely, use atomic flags and counters, and design code that avoids unnecessary sharing.

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Made for: Cursor.

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Per session 0 Nothing until a file matches its globs; then the whole rule loads.
When invoked 3,811 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. 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

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00000 $0.03811
Opus 5.5 $0.00000 $0.01524
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00000 $0.00762
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00381

Measured today against content hash f0f2d9c71bc5, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

cpp scanned grade A with 0 findings 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 today.

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.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

cursor/rules/cpp.mdc · 135 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 135 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Generated from architectural-rules/cpp/ — do not hand-edit.

C++ concurrency

Use RAII lock guards (std::lock_guard, std::scoped_lock, std::unique_lock) — never bare mutex.lock() / unlock(). A manual unlock is skipped on every early return and every throw. (CP.20) Acquire multiple locks with std::scoped_lock (or std::lock) in one statement — it orders acquisition to avoid deadlock. Never hand-order two lock_guards. (CP.21) Never call unknown / user-supplied code while holding a lock — it may re-enter and deadlock, or block far longer than intended. (CP.22) Use std::atomic for cross-thread flags and counters. volatile is not a synchronization primitive — it has no memory-ordering guarantees. (CP.8) Do not write lock-free code unless you must and have measured the need. Assume your lock-free code is wrong until proven otherwise with tooling. (CP.100) Minimize sharing of writable data. The cheapest concurrency bug is the one that can't happen because nothing is shared. (CP.3)

Why: concurrency bugs are non-deterministic and survive code review and most tests — RAII locking and atomics remove whole classes of them by construction. Source: C++ Core Guidelines (CP).

C++ const-correctness

Declare objects const unless the value must change. Immutable-by-default makes the few mutable things visible and lets the compiler enforce the rest. (Con.1) Make member functions const when they don't modify observable state. A non-const method is a claim that it mutates — don't make that claim falsely. (Con.2) Pass non-trivial types by const& (or const*) when you only read them — no copy, no mutation. Pass by value only for cheap-to-copy types or when you need an owned copy anyway. (Con.3) Use constexpr for values computable at compile time — they cost nothing at runtime and can be used in constant contexts (array sizes, template args). (Con.5)

Why: const-correctness is contract documentation the compiler checks — it propagates through call sites and catches accidental mutation at compile time, for free. Source: C++ Core Guidelines (Con).

Read the full file on GitHub · 135 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.

  1. today First seen · 135 lines · 3,811 tokens per session scan A f0f2d9c71bc5

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cpp is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository AcKeskin/contexture (2 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 3,811 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-10-27.