20-code-style

20-code-style is a cursor rule for Cursor from p-to-q/repo-template. It costs 6 tokens per session (122 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A set of rules for writing readable, maintainable code. It favors clear names, explicit logic, flat control flow, early returns, and comments that explain non-obvious decisions.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when implementing, refactoring, or reviewing code where clarity and a small, understandable change are important.
Why use it?
It helps developers understand changes quickly and avoids unnecessary layers of helpers or abstractions. This makes code easier to review and maintain.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: a Cursor rule (.mdc).

Good fit Use it when implementing, refactoring, or reviewing code where clarity and a small, understandable change are important.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/p-to-q/repo-template/20-code-style
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/p-to-q/repo-template

Made for: Cursor.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

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README.md
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Your own site
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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.

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Your own site · 80×15
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Per session 6 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 122 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
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 $0.00006 $0.00122
Opus 5.5 $0.00002 $0.00049
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00001 $0.00024
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00012

Measured 2mo ago against content hash b6b12cffddec, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

20-code-style 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.

optional/agent-rules/cursor/project/20-code-style.mdc · 19 lines

What it actually says

Code Style Rule

Write code like a strong maintainer.

  • Prefer clarity over cleverness.
  • Prefer explicitness over magic.
  • Prefer flat control flow over deep nesting.
  • Prefer guard clauses and early returns where they improve readability.
  • Prefer descriptive names over cryptic abbreviations.
  • Keep code compact and low-noise.
  • Do not add wrappers, helpers, or indirection without concrete value.
  • Comments should explain why, constraints, tradeoffs, or non-obvious behavior.
  • Make the diff easy to review.
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 · 19 lines · 6 tokens per session scan A b6b12cffddec

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20-code-style is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository p-to-q/repo-template (2 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 6 tokens to every session and 122 once invoked, about $0.0000 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.