kubernetes

kubernetes is a cursor rule for Cursor from sanjeed5/awesome-cursor-rules-mdc. It costs 2,943 tokens per session, scanned A, original, CC0-1.0.

Guidelines for writing and organizing Kubernetes configuration files and Operators securely and reliably. Kubernetes is a system for running and managing containerized applications across machines.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when defining application deployments, services, networking, scaling, or custom Kubernetes automation.
Why use it?
They make deployment files easier to understand, review, update, and troubleshoot while reducing configuration and security mistakes.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: a Cursor rule (.mdc).

About the project

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.

sanjeed5/awesome-cursor-rules-mdc · 3,571 stars · on GitHub

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/sanjeed5/awesome-cursor-rules-mdc/kubernetes
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjeed5/awesome-cursor-rules-mdc

Made for: Cursor.

Wrote 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.

agentmods badge for kubernetes

README.md
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Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/rules/sanjeed5/awesome-cursor-rules-mdc/kubernetes"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/rules/sanjeed5/awesome-cursor-rules-mdc/kubernetes.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>
Per session 2,943 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 2,943 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 5.1 $0.02943 $0.02943
Opus 5 $0.01471 $0.01471
Sonnet 5 $0.00589 $0.00589
Haiku 4.5 $0.00294 $0.00294

Measured 2d ago against content hash 2efb4b1a294c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

kubernetes 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 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.

rules-mdc/kubernetes.mdc · 500 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 500 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

kubernetes Best Practices

Kubernetes manifests are your application's blueprint. Treat them as code. These rules ensure your deployments are secure, stable, and easy to manage.

Code Organization and Structure

Organize your Kubernetes manifests for clarity and maintainability. Avoid monolithic files.

1. One Resource Per File (or Logical Group)

Keep files focused. Group related resources (e.g., Deployment, Service, HPA for a single microservice) into a dedicated directory, but separate individual resource types into their own files within that directory.

BAD: Monolithic file for an entire application.

# app.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: my-app-deployment
spec:
  # ...
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: my-app-service
spec:
  # ...
---
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: my-app-ingress
spec:
  # ...

GOOD: Separate files for each resource type, grouped by application.

# Directory structure
my-app/
├── deployment.yaml
├── service.yaml
└── ingress.yaml
# my-app/deployment.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: my-app-deployment
  labels:
    app: my-app
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: my-app
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: my-app
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: my-app
        image: myregistry/my-app:v1.2.3
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8080

2. Consistent Labeling Strategy

Labels are critical for selection, organization, and automation. Use a consistent set of labels across all resources.

GOOD: Standardized labels for app, tier, environment, version.

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: auth-service
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: auth-service
    app.kubernetes.io/instance: auth-service-prod
    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.0.0"
    app.kubernetes.io/component: backend
    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: my-application
    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app.kubernetes.io/name: auth-service
      app.kubernetes.io/instance: auth-service-prod
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app.kubernetes.io/name: auth-service
        app.kubernetes.io/instance: auth-service-prod
    # ...

Read the full file on GitHub · 500 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 · 500 lines · 2,943 tokens per session scan A 2efb4b1a294c

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kubernetes is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository sanjeed5/awesome-cursor-rules-mdc (3,571 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed CC0-1.0. It adds 2,943 tokens to every session, about $0.0147 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 2026-09-03.