part-3-autonomous-research-mode

part-3-autonomous-research-mode is a cursor rule for Cursor from Intrafere/MOTO-Autonomous-ASI. It costs 29,981 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A design specification for a three-level autonomous research workflow. It describes software that chooses research topics, builds knowledge databases, produces papers or reports, and synthesizes a final answer, with formal mathematics and proofs when relevant.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when implementing or reviewing topic generation, brainstorming databases, research-paper creation, proof checks, persistence, or final-answer synthesis.
Why use it?
It defines how autonomous research differs from manually prompted aggregation and compilation and how the three stages fit together.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: installed under .cursor/.

Good fit Use it when implementing or reviewing topic generation, brainstorming databases, research-paper creation, proof checks, persistence, or final-answer synthesis.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/intrafere/moto-autonomous-asi/part-3-autonomous-research-mode
Install

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Intrafere/MOTO-Autonomous-ASI

Made for: Cursor.

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Per session 29,981 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 29,981 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
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.
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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.29981 $0.29981
Opus 5 $0.14991 $0.14991
Sonnet 5 $0.05996 $0.05996
Haiku 4.5 $0.02998 $0.02998

Measured 7d ago against content hash 7f8cfa226f0c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

part-3-autonomous-research-mode 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 7d 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/part-3-autonomous-research-mode.mdc · 1,751 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 1,751 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Part 3 (Adding an Autonomous-Controlling Tier in Hierarchy Over Part 1 and 2) - Autonomous Research Mode Design Specification

Overview

The Autonomous Research Mode is Part 3 of MOTO's self-directing three-tier research system. It autonomously generates brainstorm topics, builds knowledge databases, produces rigorous solution-oriented research papers or reports, and can synthesize a final answer centered on the user's high-level objective. Mathematics and formal proof remain first-class when relevant.

Example User Prompt: "Solve the Langlands Bridge problem" or "Advance understanding of the Riemann Hypothesis"

Key Difference from Manual Modes:

  • Part 1 (Aggregator) requires user-provided topic prompts
  • Part 2 (Compiler) requires user-directed paper compilation prompts
  • Part 3 (Autonomous Research) self-directs topic selection, brainstorming, and paper generation

Three-Tier Architecture:

  • Tier 1: Brainstorm aggregation databases (solution concept, mechanism, evidence, algorithm, and mathematical exploration)
  • Tier 2: Finished rigorous research papers or solution reports (compiled from brainstorm databases)
  • Tier 3: Final answer synthesis (short-form answer or long-form volume from Tier 2 papers)

Design Philosophy

Self-Directing Research: The AI autonomously identifies the most valuable research avenues based on the high-level goal prompt.

Domain-General Strategy: Ordinary topic exploration/selection, completion review, reference selection, title selection, and continuation aggressively pursue the strongest solution path for the exact objective using domain- and claim-appropriate rigor. When Mathematical Proofs is allowed, mathematics and formal proof remain first-class when useful under the eager startup proof-framing emphasis; when disabled in Allowed Outputs, that framing is skipped. Positive proof framing is emphasis, not a hard mathematical admission requirement for every ordinary contribution.

Basin Exploration: Each brainstorm topic represents a "basin" of related solution concepts, mechanisms, evidence, algorithms, designs, or mathematical structures. The system explores each basin until sufficiently complete, then generates a paper.

Read the full file on GitHub · 1,751 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. 7d ago Changed · +28 tokens per session 7f8cfa226f0c
  2. 11d ago First seen · 1,751 lines · 29,953 tokens per session scan A 484fbcc389ef

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part-3-autonomous-research-mode is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository Intrafere/MOTO-Autonomous-ASI (82 stars, last pushed 7d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 29,981 tokens to every session, about $0.1499 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.