velith-genres

velith-genres is a cursor rule for Cursor from epicsagas/Velith. It costs 0 tokens per session (584 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A set of writing rules for fiction, non-fiction, technical material, and screenplays.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to guide stories, explanatory books, technical documents, or screenplays according to the selected genre.
Why use it?
It gives different kinds of writing a suitable structure and keeps details such as viewpoint, evidence, code examples, or dialogue consistent.

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/epicsagas/velith/velith-genres
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/epicsagas/Velith

Made for: Cursor.

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README.md
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Per session 0 Nothing until a file matches its globs; then the whole rule loads.
When invoked 584 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 $0.00584
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00292
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00117
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00058

Measured 4d ago against content hash 73d66a2906ae, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

velith-genres 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 4d 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/velith-genres.mdc · 65 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 65 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Velith — Genre Conventions

Fiction

  • Plot structure: Save the Cat! 15-beat or Snowflake Method
  • Character bible with GMC (Goal, Motivation, Conflict) per character
  • Scene beats with RDD (Reaction, Dilemma, Decision) pacing
  • POV consistency (no 1st/3rd mixing within chapters)
  • Dialogue rules: subtext over exposition, distinctive voice per character

Non-Fiction

  • Problem-solution structure per chapter
  • Learner persona–driven progression (what does the reader already know?)
  • Evidence hierarchy: primary research > expert interviews > case studies > anecdotes
  • Chapter hooks: open with a question or counterintuitive fact
  • Summary + action items at chapter end

Technical

  • Concept progression gradient: novice → intermediate → expert
  • Code examples: compilable, commented, with expected output
  • Diagrams for architecture, data flow, or process steps
  • API docs: endpoint, parameters, response schema, error codes
  • Labs/exercises at end of each chapter

Screenplay

  • 3-act structure + 8-sequence method
  • Dialogue: subtext, distinct voice, no on-the-nose exposition
  • A/B story interweaving (main plot + subplot)
  • Action lines: present tense, visual, concise
  • Page budget: ~1 page = ~1 minute of screen time

Poetry

  • Form types: sonnet, haiku, free verse, villanelle, prose poem, etc.
  • Meter/rhythm awareness (iambic, trochaic, anapestic, dactylic)
  • Imagery systems: visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory
  • Collection arc: ordering poems for emotional/thematic progression
  • Line break intentionality: enjambment vs end-stopped

Game Scenario

  • Quest/event tree structure with branching conditions
  • Dialogue branching with player agency flags
  • Lore bible: world rules, factions, technology/magic systems
  • Flag system: track player choices across chapters/scenes
  • Multiple endings: foreshadowing and divergence points

Academic

  • IMRAD structure (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion)
  • Literature review: thematic organization, not chronological
  • Argument chains: claim → evidence → warrant → backing → rebuttal
  • Citation practices: consistent style (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.)
  • Abstract and keywords before main body

Read the full file on GitHub · 65 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. 4d ago First seen · 65 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 73d66a2906ae

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velith-genres is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository epicsagas/Velith (33 stars, last pushed today), licensed Apache-2.0. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 584 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 2026-08-30.