do-write-concise-methods

A rule for keeping a public method short and easy to read, with detailed work moved into small helper methods. A public method is the entry point other code calls; helper methods handle individual parts of the job.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when designing new methods or breaking up complex logic into clearly named, focused helpers.
Why use it?
It prevents one method from becoming a difficult-to-follow block of mixed responsibilities. The main workflow stays visible while supporting details remain separated.

Cursor rule

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/featurefactory-io/mimir/do-write-concise-methods
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/FeatureFactory-io/mimir
Per session 247 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 247 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
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 $0.00247 $0.00247
Opus 5 $0.00123 $0.00123
Sonnet 5 $0.00049 $0.00049
Haiku 4.5 $0.00025 $0.00025

Measured 2d ago against content hash ba7198539fc2, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

do-write-concise-methods 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.

.windsurf/workflows/Edda/rules/do-write-concise-methods.mdc · 37 lines

What it actually says

Rule: Write Concise Methods

When designing new methods:

  • Ensure the top-level (public) method is concise—ideally 20–30 lines maximum.
  • Move all supporting logic and details into well-named private (or inner/helper) methods.
  • The top-level method should clearly express the main workflow, delegating specifics to lower-level helpers.

Example:

class SomeObject:
    def main_method(self, id):
        # Inner/helper method for a single, focused operation
        def _short_method(arg): 
            return op(arg)

        target = self._get_target(_short_method(id))
        result = self._do_magic_on(target)
        return result

    def _get_target(self, id):
        # Implementation here
        pass

    def _do_magic_on(self, target):
        # Implementation here
        pass

Guidelines:

  • Keep the top-level method readable and high-level—think of it as a summary of the operation.
  • Each helper/private method should do one thing and have a clear, descriptive name.
  • Avoid cramming complex logic into the top-level method; instead, encapsulate details in private helpers.
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 · 37 lines · 247 tokens per session scan A ba7198539fc2

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do-write-concise-methods is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository FeatureFactory-io/mimir (13 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 247 tokens to every session, about $0.0012 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 2026-08-30.