existing-code

existing-code is a cursor rule for Cursor from matipojo/cursor-rules. It costs 25 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A project rule saying that existing code should not be changed unless the user asks for that change.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for setting a boundary around changes during coding work.
Why use it?
It helps prevent unrelated edits to code that is already in the project.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: installed under .cursor/.

Good fit It is for setting a boundary around changes during coding work.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/matipojo/cursor-rules/existing-code
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/matipojo/cursor-rules

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 existing-code

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/rules/matipojo/cursor-rules/existing-code/github.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/rules/matipojo/cursor-rules/existing-code)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/rules/matipojo/cursor-rules/existing-code"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/rules/matipojo/cursor-rules/existing-code/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 existing-code

Your own site · 80×15
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/rules/matipojo/cursor-rules/existing-code"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/rules/matipojo/cursor-rules/existing-code.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>
Per session 25 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 25 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

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 $0.00025 $0.00025
Opus 5.5 $0.00010 $0.00010
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00005 $0.00005
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00003

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 0df041ac94dc, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

existing-code 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.

.cursor/rules/existing-code.mdc · 6 lines

What it actually says

Never touch existing code unless it's part of a user request

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. 1mo ago First seen · 6 lines · 25 tokens per session scan A 0df041ac94dc

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existing-code is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository matipojo/cursor-rules (31 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 25 tokens to every session, about $0.0001 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.