WORKTREE-ENFORCEMENT

A rule for creating isolated Git working directories for feature or bug work through an approved script. A worktree is a separate checkout of the same repository, allowing work on another branch without disturbing the current files.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it whenever starting feature or bug work that needs a new branch or worktree, and to verify the required setup was completed before coding.
Why use it?
It prevents new worktrees from missing environment files, project settings, or installed dependencies that the setup script copies and prepares.

Cursor rule for Cursor

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/qwickapps/ai-sdlc-workflows/worktree-enforcement
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/qwickapps/ai-sdlc-workflows

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 1,520 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 1,520 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 $0.01520 $0.01520
Opus 5 $0.00760 $0.00760
Sonnet 5 $0.00304 $0.00304
Haiku 4.5 $0.00152 $0.00152

Measured yesterday against content hash dd975499c888, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

WORKTREE-ENFORCEMENT 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 yesterday.

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/.cursor/rules/WORKTREE-ENFORCEMENT.mdc · 263 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 263 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Worktree Enforcement

When to apply: Before creating ANY branch for feature/bug work. ALWAYS.


Core Principle

ALWAYS use the create-worktree script. NEVER use git worktree add or git checkout -b directly.

The script copies .env files, settings, and runs pnpm install. Skipping it breaks your development environment.

Reference: See COMMON-PATTERNS.md for checklist usage and stop/proceed logic.


The Problem

❌ What Keeps Happening (WRONG):

# Wrong approach 1
git checkout -b feature-auth

# Wrong approach 2
git worktree add ../qwickapps-wt-feature-auth -b feature-auth

# Result: Missing .env files, broken environment, wasted time debugging

✅ What Should Happen (RIGHT):

# Use the approved script
.claude/scripts/create-worktree.sh feature-auth

# OR from repo root
/Users/raajkumars/Projects/qwickapps/.claude/scripts/create-worktree.sh feature-auth

# Result: Worktree created, .env copied, pnpm install done, ready to work

Mandatory Worktree Checklist

Before creating ANY branch or worktree:

  • STOP - Do not create branch/worktree yet
  • FIND the create-worktree.sh script location
  • USE the script (never git commands directly)
  • VERIFY the script completed successfully
  • CHANGE to the new worktree directory

If ANY unchecked: You're doing it wrong.


How to Find the Script

Option 1: Search from Current Directory

find ../.. -name "create-worktree.sh" -type f | head -1
# Likely: ../../.claude/scripts/create-worktree.sh

Option 2: From Repo Root

ls .claude/scripts/create-worktree.sh

Option 3: Known Path (QwickApps)

/Users/raajkumars/Projects/qwickapps/.claude/scripts/create-worktree.sh

When to Create Worktrees

Required for:

  1. New feature development (/feature workflow)
  2. Bug fixes (/bug workflow)
  3. Refactoring (/refactor workflow)
  4. Experimental spikes (/spike workflow)

Every workflow mentioning "create worktree" MUST reference this file.

Read the full file on GitHub · 263 lines

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. yesterday First seen · 263 lines · 1,520 tokens per session scan A dd975499c888

Subscribe to this mod's changes

WORKTREE-ENFORCEMENT is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository qwickapps/ai-sdlc-workflows (2 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,520 tokens to every session, about $0.0076 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 2026-08-31.

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