mfe-architecture-rules-ref

mfe-architecture-rules-ref is a cursor rule for Cursor from lucamezzalira/mfe-skills. It costs 714 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A quick reference for checking whether micro-frontend boundaries follow seven design rules. Micro-frontends are independently deployable parts of a larger web application.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it during reviews of existing or planned micro-frontends, especially when checking ownership, deployment independence, API size, fallback behavior, and coordination needs.
Why use it?
It provides a short checklist for spotting boundaries that are too large, too coupled, poorly owned, or unable to work independently before implementation starts.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: installed under .cursor/.

Good fit Use it during reviews of existing or planned micro-frontends, especially when checking ownership, deployment independence, API size, fallback behavior, and coordination needs.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/lucamezzalira/mfe-skills/mfe-architecture-rules-ref
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lucamezzalira/mfe-skills

Made for: Cursor.

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Per session 714 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 714 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.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00714 $0.00714
Opus 5.5 $0.00286 $0.00286
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00143 $0.00143
Haiku 4.5 $0.00071 $0.00071

Measured 2mo ago against content hash e1dbbbae7a67, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

mfe-architecture-rules-ref 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 2mo 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/mfe-architecture-rules-ref.mdc · 51 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 51 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

MFE boundary rules — quick reference

Version: 1.2 | Skill: understanding-mfe-architecture | Full rules: load reviewing-mfe-boundaries skill

For full rule definitions, violation signals, and code-checkable patterns across all toolchains (React, Angular/Native Federation, Module Federation v1/v2, Single SPA), load reviewing-mfe-boundaries skill.

Boundary health check

Use this checklist when reviewing whether existing boundaries are well-formed. A well-formed boundary satisfies all seven:

  1. Is the API surface minimal — fewer than 5 props to the container?
  2. Is the micro-frontend context-aware — does it retrieve its own data given minimal input?
  3. Is it less extensible than a component — not designed for reuse across domains?
  4. Is it coarse-grained — not fine enough to require constant coordination with its container?
  5. Can it deploy without coordinating with other teams?
  6. Does it have a graceful fallback if it fails to load?
  7. Does a single team own it end-to-end?

If any answer is no, the boundary needs to be revisited before implementation begins.

Rule summary

Rule Core principle Primary violation signal
1 — Business subdomain Represents a domain, not a UI element Named after UI element; reused across domains
2 — Minimal API surface Fewer than 5 props; identifiers not objects Domain objects passed as props; container fetches data for the MFE
3 — Hide implementation details API contract agreed upfront; internals hidden Direct import from another MFE's package
4 — Events not shared state Event emitter or storage only; no shared state managers Redux/Zustand/MobX shared across MFE boundaries
5 — Independent deployment No versioned URL pinning; no build-time coupling Shell hard-codes versioned remote URL; CI needs: coupling
6 — Isolate failure Fallback in shell for every remote mount No fallback at mount point in the shell
7 — Coarse-grained Max 3 MFEs per view; shell first segment via manifest; MFE hardcodes sub-routes Shell owning /catalog/product/:id; shell hard-coded MFE routes; shell catalog:* handlers
8 — Single-team ownership One team owns full lifecycle Multiple teams in CODEOWNERS for same MFE

Read the full file on GitHub · 51 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. 2mo ago First seen · 51 lines · 714 tokens per session scan A e1dbbbae7a67

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mfe-architecture-rules-ref is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository lucamezzalira/mfe-skills (53 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 714 tokens to every session, about $0.0029 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 2026-08-30.