python-development

A set of rules for modern Python projects, covering project structure, type hints, tests, and development files. Type hints describe the kinds of values functions and classes expect.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when creating or changing Python files, project configuration, dependencies, environment settings, or tests.
Why use it?
It helps keep Python code easier to understand and check, while separating application code, unit tests, integration tests, documentation, and configuration.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/astrogirlnim/skyfimcp/python-development
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/astrogirlnim/SkyFiMCP

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 0 Nothing until a file matches its globs; then the whole rule loads.
When invoked 1,641 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00000 $0.01641
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00821
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00328
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00164

Measured yesterday against content hash 732594e674fa, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

python-development 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 yesterday.

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/python-development.mdc · 282 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 282 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Python Development

// Description: Modern Python development practices with type hints, testing, and AI-friendly patterns // Recommended Globs: **/*.py, **/pyproject.toml, **/requirements.txt, */.env

Project Structure

project_name/
├── src/
│   └── project_name/
│       ├── __init__.py
│       ├── models/
│       ├── services/
│       ├── controllers/
│       └── utils/
├── tests/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── conftest.py
│   ├── unit/
│   └── integration/
├── docs/
├── .env
├── .env.example
├── .gitignore
├── pyproject.toml
├── README.md
└── requirements.txt

Type Annotations

Always use type hints for functions and classes:

from typing import Optional, List, Dict, Any, TypeVar, Generic
from typing_extensions import TypedDict  # For Python <3.8

T = TypeVar('T')

class DataResponse(TypedDict):
    success: bool
    data: Dict[str, Any]
    error: Optional[str]

class Repository(Generic[T]):
    """Generic repository pattern implementation.

    Args:
        model: The model class this repository handles

    Attributes:
        model_class: Stored model class reference
    """

    def __init__(self, model: type[T]) -> None:
        self.model_class = model

    async def find_by_id(self, id: str) -> Optional[T]:
        """Retrieve an entity by its ID.

        Args:
            id: The unique identifier of the entity

        Returns:
            Optional[T]: The found entity or None
        """
        # Implementation
        ...

Testing with Pytest

Use pytest fixtures and type annotations in tests:

from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, AsyncGenerator
import pytest
from httpx import AsyncClient

if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from _pytest.capture import CaptureFixture
    from _pytest.fixtures import FixtureRequest
    from _pytest.logging import LogCaptureFixture
    from _pytest.monkeypatch import MonkeyPatch
    from pytest_mock.plugin import MockerFixture

@pytest.fixture
async def client() -> AsyncGenerator[AsyncClient, None]:
    """Create async test client.

    Yields:
        AsyncClient: The test client instance
    """
    async with AsyncClient() as client:
        yield client

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_create_user(
    client: AsyncClient,
    mocker: MockerFixture,
    caplog: LogCaptureFixture,
) -> None:
    """Test user creation endpoint.

    Args:
        client: The test client
        mocker: Pytest mocker fixture
        caplog: Pytest log capture fixture
    """
    response = await client.post('/users', json={
        'username': 'test_user',
        'email': '[email protected]'
    })
    
    assert response.status_code == 201
    assert 'User created successfully' in caplog.text

Read the full file on GitHub · 282 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. yesterday First seen · 282 lines · 1,641 tokens per session scan A 732594e674fa

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python-development is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository astrogirlnim/SkyFiMCP (1 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 1,641 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 2026-08-31.