rule-generation

A set of rules for turning repeated development patterns into reusable Cursor rules. Cursor rules are project instructions that guide the coding editor during future work.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps document recurring workflows, file-specific practices, quality checks, troubleshooting methods, integrations, and development phases.
Why use it?
It helps preserve useful workflows, checks, and debugging practices so they do not need to be recreated each time.

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/ekakit/lightfast-mcp/rule-generation
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ekakit/lightfast-mcp

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 11 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 649 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 $0.00011 $0.00649
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00324
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00130
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00065

Measured 2d ago against content hash a441d34e8181, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

rule-generation 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 2d 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.

.cursor/rules/rule-generation.mdc · 103 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 103 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Rule Generation Workflow

Use this rule when developing new workflow patterns that should be captured as reusable Cursor rules.

When to Generate New Rules

Generate new rules when you discover:

  • Repetitive Workflows: Actions you perform multiple times
  • Context-Specific Patterns: File-type specific behaviors
  • Quality Gates: Validation steps that should be automated
  • Debugging Procedures: Common troubleshooting steps
  • Integration Patterns: Multi-tool workflows

Rule Template for lightfast-mcp

Use this template structure for new rules:

@.cursor/rules/server-development-workflow.mdc

Follow this pattern, adapting the workflow steps for your specific use case.

Suggested Rule Categories

New Server Types

Create rules for new creative applications:

  • TouchDesigner MCP development workflow
  • Ableton Live MCP development workflow
  • Unity/Unreal Engine MCP development workflow

Development Phases

Create rules for different development phases:

  • Prototyping workflow (fast iteration, minimal validation)
  • Production workflow (comprehensive checks)
  • Debugging workflow (diagnostic commands, logging)

Integration Testing

Create rules for testing integrations:

  • Multi-server workflow testing
  • Cross-platform testing workflow
  • Performance testing workflow

Rule Naming Convention

Use descriptive names that indicate:

  • Context: When the rule applies
  • Action: What workflow it provides
  • Scope: How specific vs. general it is

Examples:

  • touchdesigner-development-workflow.mdc
  • multi-server-integration-testing.mdc
  • performance-optimization-workflow.mdc
  • production-deployment-checklist.mdc

Rule File Organization

Organize rules by:

  • Always Applied: Core concepts, architecture, security
  • Auto-Attached: File-pattern based rules
  • Manual: Specialized workflows triggered with @rule-name

Testing New Rules

After creating a new rule:

  1. Test Auto-Attachment: Edit matching files to verify rule triggers
  2. Test Manual Activation: Use @rule-name to verify manual trigger
  3. Validate Commands: Ensure all suggested commands work
  4. Check Conflicts: Verify rule doesn't conflict with existing rules

Read the full file on GitHub · 103 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. 2d ago First seen · 103 lines · 11 tokens per session scan A a441d34e8181

Subscribe to this mod's changes

rule-generation is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository ekakit/lightfast-mcp (2 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 11 tokens to every session and 649 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. 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.