xml-prompt-schema

xml-prompt-schema is a cursor rule for Cursor from robertsfeir/atelier-pipeline. It costs 3,002 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A reference that defines the allowed XML tags and their order in Atelier Pipeline files. XML is a text format that uses named tags to organize structured instructions.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when creating or reviewing pipeline persona files, skills, commands, invocation prompts, and shared references. It documents each tag's purpose and permitted attributes.
Why use it?
It prevents pipeline persona, command, and prompt files from using inconsistent or unsupported tags. This makes their structure predictable for the agents that read them.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: a Cursor plugin manifest. Also seen: names the NotebookEdit tool.

Good fit Use it when creating or reviewing pipeline persona files, skills, commands, invocation prompts, and shared references. It documents each tag's purpose and permitted attributes.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/robertsfeir/atelier-pipeline/xml-prompt-schema
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/robertsfeir/atelier-pipeline

Made for: Cursor.

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Per session 3,002 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 3,002 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
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 $0.03002 $0.03002
Opus 5 $0.01501 $0.01501
Sonnet 5 $0.00600 $0.00600
Haiku 4.5 $0.00300 $0.00300

Measured 9d ago against content hash c8b7d1121f6f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

xml-prompt-schema 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 9d 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.

.cursor-plugin/rules/xml-prompt-schema.mdc · 260 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 260 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

XML Prompt Tag Vocabulary

This document defines every XML tag used in atelier-pipeline agent persona files, skill command files, invocation prompts, and shared references. No ad-hoc tags -- if a tag is not listed here, it should not appear in any pipeline file.

Persona File Tags

Agent persona files (.cursor/agents/*.md) use these 7 tags in this order. <identity> is always first, <output> is always last.

Tag Purpose Attributes
<identity> Who the agent is, role, pronouns, model None
<required-actions> Cognitive directive + proactive behaviors (numbered list) None
<workflow> Ordered steps for the agent's main work None
<examples> 2-3 short scenarios showing the agent doing its job correctly None
<tools> Tool access list and tool-specific guidance None
<constraints> Boundaries and forbidden actions None
<output> Output format templates, DoR/DoD structure, handoff messages None

Tag ordering: <identity> first, then <required-actions>, <workflow>, <examples>, <tools>, <constraints>, <output> last. This order ensures the agent reads its identity and required-actions before workflow, sees examples of correct work before encountering boundaries, and knows its output format last.

Skill Command Tags

Skill command files (.cursor/commands/*.md) use a slightly different structure for conversational agents running in the main thread.

Tag Purpose Attributes
<identity> Who the skill agent is, voice, personality None
<required-actions> Cognitive directive (no numbered steps for skills) None
<required-reading> Files to read at start of every invocation None
<behavior> How the skill operates -- question flow, modes, phases None
<output> Output format, where to save, handoff message None
<constraints> Boundaries and forbidden actions None

Invocation Prompt Tags

Read the full file on GitHub · 260 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. 9d ago First seen · 260 lines · 3,002 tokens per session scan A c8b7d1121f6f

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xml-prompt-schema is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository robertsfeir/atelier-pipeline (25 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 3,002 tokens to every session, about $0.0150 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 2026-08-30.