Getting it into your agent
It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Angry-Robot-Deals/ace-mcpnpx agentmods add rules/angry-robot-deals/ace-mcp/archive-basicWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/rules/angry-robot-deals/ace-mcp/archive-basic)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/rules/angry-robot-deals/ace-mcp/archive-basic"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/rules/angry-robot-deals/ace-mcp/archive-basic/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/rules/angry-robot-deals/ace-mcp/archive-basic"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/rules/angry-robot-deals/ace-mcp/archive-basic.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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 | $0.01153 | $0.01153 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00461 | $0.00461 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00231 | $0.00231 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00115 | $0.00115 |
Grade A, and why
archive-basic 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 1mo 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.
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.
This is a copy
100% identical to archive-basic — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 181 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
description: Basic archiving approach for Level 2 Simple Enhancement tasks globs: "/level2/", "/archive/", "/completion/" alwaysApply: false
BASIC ARCHIVING FOR LEVEL 2 TASKS
TL;DR: This document outlines a basic archiving approach for Level 2 (Simple Enhancement) tasks, ensuring that completed work is properly documented and knowledge is preserved with minimal overhead.
🔍 ARCHIVING OVERVIEW
Even for Level 2 tasks, proper archiving ensures that completed work is documented and knowledge is preserved. This basic archiving approach provides sufficient structure while maintaining efficiency.
📋 ARCHIVING PRINCIPLES
- Completion: Clearly document what was completed
- Context: Preserve the context of the enhancement
- Knowledge: Capture key insights and lessons
- Findability: Make archived information easy to find
- References: Create cross-references to related work
📋 BASIC ARCHIVE STRUCTURE
# Enhancement Archive: [Feature Name]
## Summary
[Brief summary of the enhancement]
## Date Completed
YYYY-MM-DD
## Key Files Modified
- [File path 1]
- [File path 2]
- [File path 3]
## Requirements Addressed
- [Requirement 1]
- [Requirement 2]
- [Requirement 3]
## Implementation Details
[Brief description of how the enhancement was implemented]
## Testing Performed
- [Test 1]
- [Test 2]
- [Test 3]
## Lessons Learned
- [Lesson 1]
- [Lesson 2]
- [Lesson 3]
## Related Work
- [Link to related task/enhancement 1]
- [Link to related task/enhancement 2]
## Notes
[Any additional information or context]
📋 ARCHIVE LOCATION
Store archives in an organized structure:
docs/
└── archive/
└── enhancements/
└── YYYY-MM/
├── feature-name-1.md
└── feature-name-2.md
📋 ARCHIVING PROCESS
Follow these steps to archive a Level 2 task:
- Prepare Archive Content:
- Gather all relevant information
- Fill in the archive template
- Include all key implementation details
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.
- 1mo ago First seen · 181 lines · 1,153 tokens per session scan A 2e4bfff7fbf2
archive-basic is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository Angry-Robot-Deals/ace-mcp (4 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,153 tokens to every session, about $0.0046 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to archive-basic, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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