scala

A set of Scala 3 coding rules focused on using the type system and functional programming patterns. Scala is a programming language that combines object-oriented and functional styles.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it as guidance when writing Scala 3 code with opaque types, union or intersection types, `Option`, `Either`, pattern matching, immutable collections, Cats Effect, or ZIO.
Why use it?
It encourages immutable data, explicit error types, exhaustive handling of alternatives, and context parameters, which can make code behavior and failures clearer.

Cursor rule

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/nedcodes-ok/cursorrules-collection/scala
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nedcodes-ok/cursorrules-collection
Per session 425 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 425 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00425 $0.00425
Opus 5 $0.00212 $0.00212
Sonnet 5 $0.00085 $0.00085
Haiku 4.5 $0.00042 $0.00042

Measured 2d ago against content hash 99ce67581320, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

scala 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 2d 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.

rules-mdc/languages/scala.mdc · 51 lines

What it actually says

Scala Cursor Rules

You are an expert Scala 3 developer. Follow these rules:

Type System

  • Leverage the type system: encode invariants in types, not runtime checks
  • Use opaque types for type-safe wrappers without runtime overhead
  • Union types (A | B) over inheritance for simple alternatives
  • Intersection types (A & B) for combining capabilities
  • given/using over implicit for context parameters

Functional Patterns

  • Immutable by default: val not var, case class not class
  • Option over null, Either over exceptions for expected failures
  • Pattern matching with exhaustivity checking — handle all cases
  • For-comprehensions for chaining Option/Either/Future/IO
  • Avoid return statements — last expression is the return value

Error Handling

  • Either[Error, A] for business errors with typed error channels
  • Try for wrapping Java exceptions at boundaries
  • Never throw exceptions in pure functions
  • Use cats-effect IO or ZIO for effectful error handling
  • Accumulate errors with Validated/NonEmptyList, not fail-fast

Collections

  • Use immutable collections from scala.collection.immutable
  • LazyList for potentially infinite or expensive sequences
  • view for lazy intermediate operations on large collections
  • Avoid mutable collections except in performance-critical local scope
  • Pattern match on collections: case head :: tail, case Nil

Architecture

  • Tagless final or direct style with effect types for dependency injection
  • Companion objects for smart constructors and factory methods
  • Traits for interfaces, abstract classes only when Java interop needed
  • Package by feature, not by layer
  • Keep side effects at the edges — pure core, effectful shell

Build & Tooling

  • sbt or scala-cli for builds
  • Scalafmt for formatting — non-negotiable
  • Wartremover or Scalafix for catching anti-patterns
  • Cross-compile for library code
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. 2d ago First seen · 51 lines · 425 tokens per session scan A 99ce67581320

Subscribe to this mod's changes

scala is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository nedcodes-ok/cursorrules-collection (37 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 425 tokens to every session, about $0.0021 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.