middleware

middleware is a cursor rule for Cursor from felipebarcelospro/igniter-js. It costs 14 tokens per session (1,919 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

Coding rules for Next.js middleware, code that runs before a page or API request reaches its destination. They define how to handle routing and authentication while keeping heavier business logic in backend procedures.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when protecting pages, checking sessions, redirecting requests, enriching responses, or choosing the appropriate Next.js runtime.
Why use it?
They prevent middleware from becoming slow or overloaded with database and application logic.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: installed under .cursor/.

Good fit Use them when protecting pages, checking sessions, redirecting requests, enriching responses, or choosing the appropriate Next.js runtime.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/felipebarcelospro/igniter-js/middleware
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/felipebarcelospro/igniter-js

Made for: Cursor.

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Per session 14 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,919 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00014 $0.01919
Opus 5.5 $0.00006 $0.00768
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00003 $0.00384
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00192

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 9dfb75ff0dd8, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

middleware 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.

apps/starter-nextjs/.cursor/rules/middleware.mdc · 213 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 213 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Next.js Middleware: Patterns & Best Practices

This guide provides the correct and validated patterns for creating and using Next.js Middleware within this project. The primary goal is to clearly separate concerns: Middleware handles routing and edge logic, while Igniter.js procedures handle backend business logic.

1. Core Principles

1.1. Separation of Concerns

  • Middleware's Role: Intercepting requests before they hit a page or API route. Its responsibility is to handle routing, authentication checks, redirects, and request/response enrichment. It acts as a gatekeeper.
  • Procedure's Role: Executing complex backend business logic. This is where database queries, integrations with other services, and heavy computations should live.
  • CRITICAL RULE: Middleware should NEVER perform heavy database operations. It can make fast API calls (like checking a session), but any complex logic must be delegated to an API endpoint that uses a procedure.

1.2. Performance: Edge vs. Node.js Runtime

  • Next.js 16 allows middleware to run in either the edge or nodejs runtime.
  • Edge Runtime (Default & Recommended): Faster, runs closer to the user, but has limitations (e.g., no native Node.js APIs). Ideal for simple checks and redirects.
  • Node.js Runtime: Provides full Node.js API compatibility. Use this only if you absolutely need a specific Node.js API that the Edge runtime doesn't support. For this project, we will stick to the Edge runtime unless there's a compelling reason to change. The existing middleware.ts is already configured for nodejs, which is fine, but we should be mindful of its performance implications.

1.3. The matcher: Precision is Key

  • The matcher config property is crucial for performance. It defines exactly which paths will trigger the middleware.
  • An effective matcher prevents the middleware from running unnecessarily on static assets, image optimization requests, or API routes. The existing configuration in src/proxy.ts is a great example of this.

Read the full file on GitHub · 213 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. 1mo ago First seen · 213 lines · 14 tokens per session scan A 9dfb75ff0dd8

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middleware is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository felipebarcelospro/igniter-js (241 stars, last pushed 9d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 14 tokens to every session and 1,919 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-09-01.