architecture

A project architecture rule set for Next.js applications, describing folder structure, separation of responsibilities, reusable components, and performance priorities.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when structuring routes, API endpoints, components, utilities, database and authentication code, types, public files, and project documentation.
Why use it?
It gives the coding assistant a shared map of where code belongs and how different parts of the application should be organized.

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/smeubank/cursor-template/architecture
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/smeubank/cursor-template

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 1,317 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 1,317 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 $0.01317 $0.01317
Opus 5 $0.00659 $0.00659
Sonnet 5 $0.00263 $0.00263
Haiku 4.5 $0.00132 $0.00132

Measured 2d ago against content hash 4abe75289e97, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

architecture 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/architecture.mdc ยท 187 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing โ€” 187 lines โ€” stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Project Architecture

๐Ÿ—๏ธ Repository Structure

project-template/
โ”œโ”€โ”€ .cursor/                 # AI assistant configuration
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ rules/              # Core rules and patterns
โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ project/            # Project-specific documentation
โ”œโ”€โ”€ app/                    # Next.js App Router application
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ (public)/          # Public routes
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ (admin)/           # Admin routes [if applicable]
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ api/               # API routes
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ globals.css        # Global styles
โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ layout.tsx         # Root layout
โ”œโ”€โ”€ components/             # Reusable UI components
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ ui/                # Base UI components (ShadCN/UI)
โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ business/          # Domain-specific components
โ”œโ”€โ”€ lib/                   # Utility functions and configurations
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ database.ts        # Database client configuration
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ auth.ts           # Authentication utilities
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ validation.ts     # Form validation schemas
โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ utils.ts          # General utilities
โ”œโ”€โ”€ types/                 # TypeScript type definitions
โ”œโ”€โ”€ public/               # Static assets
โ””โ”€โ”€ docs/                # Additional documentation

๐ŸŽฏ Design Principles

Separation of Concerns

  • App Router for routing and page structure
  • Components for reusable UI elements
  • Lib for business logic and utilities
  • Types for TypeScript definitions

Performance First

  • Server Components by default
  • Client Components only when necessary
  • Image optimization with Next.js
  • Tailwind CSS with custom brand color palette
  • Code splitting and lazy loading

Monitoring & Observability

  • Sentry for error tracking and performance monitoring
  • Structured logging throughout the application
  • User journey tracking and analytics

๐Ÿข Application Architecture

Customer Site (/app)

Purpose: Main user-facing application Technology: Next.js 15 App Router Port: 3000

Key Features:

  • Public pages and user interface
  • User authentication and profiles
  • Business functionality (booking, contact, etc.)
  • Responsive design for all devices

Read the full file on GitHub ยท 187 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 ยท 187 lines ยท 1,317 tokens per session scan A 4abe75289e97

Subscribe to this mod's changes

architecture is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository smeubank/cursor-template (6 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,317 tokens to every session, about $0.0066 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 2026-08-31.