dependency-version-constraints-auto

Rules for managing software dependencies, which are external libraries and tools used by a project. They require fixed versions, record the required programming-language versions, and separate runtime packages from development-only packages.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when adding or updating packages in projects using Node.js, Python, .NET, Java, or Ruby, and when documenting or checking version requirements.
Why use it?
They make builds more reproducible and help prevent unexpected changes, compatibility failures, and overlooked security issues.

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/rosendolu/cursor-rules-deploy/dependency-version-constraints-auto
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rosendolu/cursor-rules-deploy

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 541 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 541 The same file โ€” 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 $0.00541 $0.00541
Opus 5 $0.00270 $0.00270
Sonnet 5 $0.00108 $0.00108
Haiku 4.5 $0.00054 $0.00054

Measured 2d ago against content hash 9b73ce4c5220, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

dependency-version-constraints-auto scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories โ€” prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency โ€” 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.

.cursor/rules/core-rules/dependency-version-constraints-auto.mdc ยท 73 lines

What it actually says

๐Ÿ“ฆ Dependency and Version Constraints

Critical Rules

  • ๐Ÿ”’ Lock all direct dependency versions to specific versions or exact ranges to ensure reproducible builds
  • ๐Ÿšซ Never use loose version constraints (e.g., ^, ~, >=, >) in production dependencies
  • โšก Specify Node.js version constraints in package.json using the engines field
  • ๐Ÿ”„ Keep all dependencies up to date with security patches while maintaining version locks
  • ๐Ÿ—๏ธ Separate devDependencies from production dependencies in Node.js projects
  • ๐Ÿ“ Document any specific version requirements or compatibility issues in README.md
  • ๐Ÿงช Test the application with the exact versions specified in lock files
  • ๐Ÿ” Review all transitive dependencies for security vulnerabilities
  • ๐Ÿ“Š Maintain compatibility with the following version constraints:
    • Node.js: >= 18.x (LTS)
    • Python: >= 3.8
    • .NET Core: >= 6.0
    • Java: >= 11
    • Ruby: >= 3.0
  • ๐Ÿšจ Flag any dependencies that require specific OS or architecture support

Examples

requirements.txt

fastapi==0.95.2 sqlalchemy==2.0.15 pydantic==1.10.7

pom.xml

requirements.txt

fastapi>=0.95.2 sqlalchemy pydantic>=1.10.0

pom.xml

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 ยท 73 lines ยท 541 tokens per session scan A 9b73ce4c5220

Subscribe to this mod's changes

dependency-version-constraints-auto is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository rosendolu/cursor-rules-deploy (37 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 541 tokens to every session, about $0.0027 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.