error-handling-priorities

error-handling-priorities is a cursor rule for Cursor from paulpham157/paul-s-cursor-rules. It costs 0 tokens per session (133 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of Python rules for handling invalid inputs, errors, and unusual cases early in a function, with logging and consistent error types.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when writing or reviewing Python functions that validate data, handle failures, or report errors.
Why use it?
It makes failures easier to understand and avoids deeply nested code that is harder to read and maintain.

Cursor rule for Cursor

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

Good fit Use it when writing or reviewing Python functions that validate data, handle failures, or report errors.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/paulpham157/paul-s-cursor-rules/error-handling-priorities
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/paulpham157/paul-s-cursor-rules

Made for: Cursor.

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Per session 0 Nothing until a file matches its globs; then the whole rule loads.
When invoked 133 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 $0.00000 $0.00133
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00067
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00027
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00013

Measured 5d ago against content hash 49cd6df21439, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

error-handling-priorities 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 5d 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.

Origin

Copies of this mod

2 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:

1/framework_rules/rules/cursorrules-file-cursor-ai-python-fastapi-api/error-handling-priorities.mdc · 12 lines

What it actually says


description: Emphasizes the importance of prioritizing error handling and edge cases in Python code. globs: **/*.py

  • Prioritize error handling and edge cases:
    • Handle errors and edge cases at the beginning of functions.
    • Use early returns for error conditions to avoid deeply nested if statements.
    • Place the happy path last in the function for improved readability.
    • Avoid unnecessary else statements; use the if-return pattern instead.
    • Use guard clauses to handle preconditions and invalid states early.
    • Implement proper error logging and user-friendly error messages.
    • Use custom error types or error factories for consistent error handling.
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. 5d ago First seen · 12 lines · 133 tokens per session scan A 49cd6df21439

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error-handling-priorities is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository paulpham157/paul-s-cursor-rules (27 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 133 tokens. 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 2026-09-03.