general

A general working rule that requires questions and a plan before implementation. It also calls for checking current values before changing systems and keeping unrelated code untouched.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it as a general instruction for coding-agent work involving diagnosis, planning, implementation, or changes to an existing codebase.
Why use it?
It reduces avoidable changes caused by unclear requirements or unverified assumptions. It encourages consistent, readable code and careful updates.

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/rember/rember-mcp/general
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rember/rember-mcp

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 475 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 475 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 1 finding. 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 $0.00475 $0.00475
Opus 5 $0.00237 $0.00237
Sonnet 5 $0.00095 $0.00095
Haiku 4.5 $0.00047 $0.00047

Measured 2d ago against content hash d753f2cb10fe, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

general scanned grade A with 1 finding 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.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

When you make an assumption about what is wrong, execute some commands and verify that assumption is correct. Examples: Always check the current values or resources before executing update command for gcloud. Always chec
.cursor/rules/general.mdc · 31 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 31 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

General

When you are told to do something, always ask questions to understand and give a plan first about what you are going to do. Don't give implementation directly.

When you make an assumption about what is wrong, execute some commands and verify that assumption is correct. Examples: Always check the current values or resources before executing update command for gcloud. Always check API with curl command, so you know what is wrong and what needs to be done instead of directly changing the code.

Never remove or update the code that is not part of the task you are told to do. Example: Don't remove certain comment lines when you are specifically asked to do. Don't refactor existing code when you are directly told to do. Don't change the UI when you are refactoring the logic.

We value consistency in the codebase. Adhere to shared coding standards, style guides, and best practices across the project. Write code that is easy for any team member to read, understand, and modify, ensuring consistent naming conventions, formatting, and patterns. Avoid personal preferences that deviate from the team's agreed standards, and prioritize clarity over cleverness. Aim for simplicity and predictability so that the codebase feels cohesive, regardless of who wrote it, enabling smoother collaboration and long-term maintainability.

Naming conventions

Follow a noun-first approach for variables and constants, for example idChat instead of chatId

Follow a verb-fist approach for functions, for example computeContentFromTree or fetchDataUser. Notice that we still follow the noun-first approach, it's fetchDataUser instead of fetchUserData.

Backups, temporary files, and other files

We use the bak prefix/suffix for backup files and folders, ignore those files and folder unless explicitly asked.

We use the tmp prefix/suffix for temporary files and folders, ignore those files and folder unless explicitly asked.

We use the zxtra prefix/suffix for extra files and folders, which maybe we are not sure we'll use or that are a work-in-progress, you should generally ignore those as well (zxtra is extra but starting with the z, so that the files and folder appear last in a alphabetically sorted list).

Read the full file on GitHub · 31 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. 2d ago First seen · 31 lines · 475 tokens per session scan A d753f2cb10fe

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general is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository rember/rember-mcp (63 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 475 tokens to every session, about $0.0024 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.