python-general-style

python-general-style is a cursor rule for Cursor from paulpham157/paul-s-cursor-rules. It costs 0 tokens per session (120 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

Python style guidelines for writing concise, reusable code. They cover naming, file layout, functional programming, route exports, and a pattern where functions receive one object and return one object.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when writing Python files, naming variables and directories, structuring route functions, or deciding whether a class is necessary.
Why use it?
They provide consistent choices for organizing Python code and data flow. This reduces duplication and makes functions and project files easier to understand.

Cursor rule for Cursor

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

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/paulpham157/paul-s-cursor-rules/python-general-style
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 120 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
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 5.1 $0.00000 $0.00120
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00060
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00024
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00012

Measured 2d ago against content hash 749cbe96e0f1, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

python-general-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 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.

Origin

Copies of this mod

2 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:

1/framework_rules/rules/cursorrules-file-cursor-ai-python-fastapi-api/python-general-style.mdc · 11 lines

What it actually says


description: Applies general Python style guidelines including functional programming preferences and naming conventions. globs: **/*.py

  • Write concise, technical responses with accurate Python examples.
  • Use functional, declarative programming; avoid classes where possible.
  • Prefer iteration and modularization over code duplication.
  • Use descriptive variable names with auxiliary verbs (e.g., is_active, has_permission).
  • Use lowercase with underscores for directories and files (e.g., routers/user_routes.py).
  • Favor named exports for routes and utility functions.
  • Use the Receive an Object, Return an Object (RORO) pattern.
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 · 11 lines · 120 tokens per session scan A 749cbe96e0f1

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python-general-style 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 120 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.