awesome-cursor-rules-mdc is a generator that creates Cursor MDC rule files from structured library information, using semantic search and language models to gather and organize guidance. Developers use it to produce reusable rules for libraries in Cursor, and the catalogue includes 200 of those rules.
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.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjeed5/awesome-cursor-rules-mdcWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/rules/sanjeed5/awesome-cursor-rules-mdc/bash)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/rules/sanjeed5/awesome-cursor-rules-mdc/bash"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/rules/sanjeed5/awesome-cursor-rules-mdc/bash/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/rules/sanjeed5/awesome-cursor-rules-mdc/bash"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/rules/sanjeed5/awesome-cursor-rules-mdc/bash.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.02750 | $0.02750 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.01100 | $0.01100 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00550 | $0.00550 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00275 | $0.00275 |
Grade D, and why
bash scanned grade D with 2 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation
A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.
echo "Sensitive data" | sudo tee /root/protected_file > /dev/null Recursive force deletehighDestructive command
rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.
rm -rf "${TMP_DIR}" How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 427 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
bash Best Practices
This guide outlines the definitive best practices for writing bash scripts. Adhere to these rules to ensure your scripts are reliable, readable, and maintainable by the entire team.
1. Code Organization and Structure
1.1 Shebang and Interpreter Options
Always start scripts with #!/usr/bin/env bash for portability. Immediately follow with set -euo pipefail to ensure robust error handling.
set -e(errexit): Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.set -u(nounset): Treat unset variables as an error and exit immediately.set -o pipefail: The return value of a pipeline is the status of the last command to exit with a non-zero status, or zero if all commands exit successfully.
❌ BAD:
#!/bin/bash
# Missing error handling
✅ GOOD:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
# Script logic here
1.2 File Header and Comments
Every script must begin with a descriptive header. Use clear, concise comments for functions and complex logic.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
## my-script.sh
#
# Description: This script performs a critical system backup.
# It backs up configuration files and database dumps to a remote server.
#
# Usage: ./my-script.sh [--full | --incremental]
#
# Globals:
# BACKUP_DIR
# REMOTE_HOST
#
# Arguments:
# --full: Perform a full backup.
# --incremental: Perform an incremental backup.
#
# Returns:
# 0 on success, non-zero on error.
#
# Author: Your Name <[email protected]>
# Date: 2025-01-01
#
###############################################################################
# ... rest of the script
1.3 Functions and main Entry Point
Encapsulate all script logic within functions. Use a main function as the primary entry point. This improves readability, reusability, and variable scoping.
❌ BAD:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
# Script logic directly in the global scope
echo "Starting operation..."
ls -l /tmp
# ...
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.
- 1mo ago First seen · 427 lines · 0 tokens per session scan D cba7244c0dff
bash is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository sanjeed5/awesome-cursor-rules-mdc (3,574 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed CC0-1.0. It adds 2,750 tokens to every session, about $0.0110 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it D with 2 findings (asks for root, recursive force delete). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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