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.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kfnzero/mantis-mcp-serverWrote 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.
[](https://agentmods.dev/rules/kfnzero/mantis-mcp-server/creative-phase-triggers)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/rules/kfnzero/mantis-mcp-server/creative-phase-triggers"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/rules/kfnzero/mantis-mcp-server/creative-phase-triggers/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.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/rules/kfnzero/mantis-mcp-server/creative-phase-triggers"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/rules/kfnzero/mantis-mcp-server/creative-phase-triggers.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.01425 | $0.01425 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00570 | $0.00570 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00285 | $0.00285 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00143 | $0.00143 |
Grade A, and why
creative-phase-triggers 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.
Copies of this mod
1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:
- creative-phase-triggers — 100% identical, 0 lines differ
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 187 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
CREATIVE PHASE TRIGGERS & TRANSITIONS
TL;DR: Recognize when a task requires dedicated creative thinking and explicitly enter a creative phase. This document explains how to identify creative phase triggers, how to transition into/out of creative phases, and how to select the appropriate creative phase type based on the problem.
🔍 WHEN TO ENTER A CREATIVE PHASE
Enter a creative phase whenever you encounter:
- Multiple viable approaches to solving a problem with significant trade-offs
- Complex design decisions that require systematic analysis
- Problems with competing constraints that need careful balancing
- Tasks requiring exploration of multiple options before implementation
- Situations where decisions have far-reaching consequences
- Architecture or algorithm planning that impacts multiple components
Specific Triggers by Domain
Algorithm Design Triggers
- Implementing a complex algorithm with performance constraints
- Designing data structures for specialized use cases
- Working with tree, graph, or dynamic programming problems
- Optimizing existing algorithms with specific constraints
- Creating new computational approaches
UI/UX Design Triggers
- Designing layouts with complex information hierarchy
- Creating component structures with extensive state management
- Designing responsive interfaces with complex constraints
- Planning complex user flows
- Addressing accessibility and usability challenges
Architecture Planning Triggers
- Designing service boundaries and communication patterns
- Creating data storage and access strategies
- Planning security and authentication systems
- Designing for scalability and resilience
- Creating deployment and infrastructure models
🚨 MANDATORY CREATIVE PHASES FOR LEVEL 3-4 TASKS
Creative phases are NOT optional for Level 3-4 tasks. They MUST be used for:
- All component architecture decisions in Level 3-4 tasks
- All state management approaches in Level 3-4 tasks
- All UI/UX design decisions affecting multiple components
- All data modeling decisions with system-wide implications
- Any algorithm implementation with performance or scalability requirements
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.
- 1mo ago First seen · 187 lines · 1,425 tokens per session scan A 8ad354600362
creative-phase-triggers is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository kfnzero/mantis-mcp-server (12 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,425 tokens to every session, about $0.0057 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 2026-08-31.
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