task-intake-template

A rules template that asks for a structured description before an agent starts a code change. It records the task, context, acceptance criteria, and conditions for success.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for bug fixes, features, and other code changes to collect scope, related references, branch details, and observable checks; it can be skipped for questions, documentation-only work, or explicitly urgent tasks.
Why use it?
It reduces unclear requests by making the intended result and how to verify it explicit before implementation begins.

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/flomenco-inc/flo-plugin/task-intake-template
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Flomenco-Inc/flo-plugin

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 673 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 673 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 $0.00673 $0.00673
Opus 5 $0.00336 $0.00336
Sonnet 5 $0.00135 $0.00135
Haiku 4.5 $0.00067 $0.00067

Measured yesterday against content hash 536c14a2c9a5, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

task-intake-template 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/task-intake-template.mdc · 81 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 81 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Task Intake Template

When the user requests a bug fix, feature, or any code change, present this intake form and ask them to fill it out (or confirm your pre-filled version) before starting implementation.

When to use

  • User reports a bug ("X is broken", "Y doesn't work")
  • User requests a feature ("add X to Y", "build Z")
  • User asks for a code change ("update X to do Y")
  • User pastes an error and asks you to fix it

When to skip

  • User explicitly says "just do it" or "skip the form"
  • Continuation of a task already scoped in this session
  • Docs-only changes with no code impact
  • User is asking a question, not requesting a change

The template

Present this and ask the user to fill in or confirm:

## Task
<one sentence: what needs to happen>

## Context
- Linear: <link or ID, if applicable>
- Design ref: <Notion page / Slack thread / screenshot / previous chat>
- Related PR: <link to existing PR, or "new">
- Branch: <existing branch to continue, or "create new">

## Acceptance Criteria (observable behaviors)
1. When I <action>, I see <result>
2. When I <action>, I see <result>
3. Edge case: when <condition>, <expected behavior>

## How You'll Verify (what you will test when I say it's done)
- <specific test step with specific user/URL/action>
- <specific test step>

## Constraints
- <anything unusual: scope limits, files not to touch, users to test with>

## Known State
- Current behavior: <what's happening now, including exact errors>
- Already tried: <what was attempted that didn't work>

How to use it

If the user gives enough detail

Pre-fill the template from their message, then ask:

"Here's how I understand the task — please confirm or correct before I start: [pre-filled template]"

If the user's request is vague

Ask them to fill in the critical fields:

"Before I start, I need a few things to avoid wasted rounds:

  1. Acceptance criteria — what specifically should I see when this is working?
  2. Known state — what's the current behavior / exact error?
  3. How you'll verify — what will you test?"

Read the full file on GitHub · 81 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 · 81 lines · 673 tokens per session scan A 536c14a2c9a5

Subscribe to this mod's changes

task-intake-template is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository Flomenco-Inc/flo-plugin (0 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 673 tokens to every session, about $0.0034 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.