dev-workflow

dev-workflow is a cursor rule for Cursor from jvaill/Kill-The-Backlog. It costs 607 tokens per session, scanned A, original, AGPL-3.0.

A development-process rule requiring the agent to make and review a detailed plan, then pause for permission before writing code. It also forbids starting a development server or calling a local endpoint with `curl`.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for planning code changes, getting approval before implementation, and avoiding local server or endpoint checks.
Why use it?
It gives the user control over execution and prevents certain unapproved local actions.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: installed under .cursor/.

Good fit It is for planning code changes, getting approval before implementation, and avoiding local server or endpoint checks.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/jvaill/kill-the-backlog/dev-workflow
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.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jvaill/Kill-The-Backlog

Made for: Cursor.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for dev-workflow

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/rules/jvaill/kill-the-backlog/dev-workflow/github.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/rules/jvaill/kill-the-backlog/dev-workflow)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/rules/jvaill/kill-the-backlog/dev-workflow"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/rules/jvaill/kill-the-backlog/dev-workflow/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>

Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.

agentmods 80×15 button for dev-workflow

Your own site · 80×15
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/rules/jvaill/kill-the-backlog/dev-workflow"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/rules/jvaill/kill-the-backlog/dev-workflow.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>
Per session 607 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 607 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin unknown 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 $0.00607 $0.00607
Opus 5.5 $0.00243 $0.00243
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00121 $0.00121
Haiku 4.5 $0.00061 $0.00061

Measured 28d ago against content hash 8ca4b18028f0, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

dev-workflow scanned grade A with 1 finding 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 28d 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.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

Before writing any code, come up with an extremely good plan, review it, then PAUSE and ask the user for permission to execute it. Never try to start a dev server or curl a local endpoint.
.cursor/rules/dev-workflow.mdc · 51 lines

The source is not reproduced here

Licensed AGPL-3.0

The repository is licensed AGPL-3.0, which this catalogue does not treat as permission to reproduce the file. Read it at the source.

Read it on GitHub

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. 28d ago First seen · 51 lines · 607 tokens per session scan A 8ca4b18028f0

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dev-workflow is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository jvaill/Kill-The-Backlog (13 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed AGPL-3.0. It adds 607 tokens to every session, about $0.0024 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-10-02.