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.
npx agentmods add rules/smeubank/cursor-template/common-patternsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/smeubank/cursor-templateWhat 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 | $0.02198 | $0.02198 |
| Opus 5 | $0.01099 | $0.01099 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00440 | $0.00440 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00220 | $0.00220 |
Grade A, and why
common-patterns 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 348 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Common Patterns
🗃️ Database Access Patterns
Database Client Pattern
// src/lib/database.ts
import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js'
export const supabase = createClient(
process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL!,
process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY!
)
Server Component Data Fetching
// app/page.tsx
import { supabase } from '@/lib/database'
export default async function Page() {
const { data, error } = await supabase
.from('business_hours')
.select('*')
.order('day_of_week')
if (error) {
throw new Error(`Failed to fetch business hours: ${error.message}`)
}
return <BusinessHours data={data} />
}
Database Sleep State Handling
// components/DatabaseWakingUp.tsx
export function DatabaseWakingUp({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
const [isWaking, setIsWaking] = useState(false)
// Handle database wake-up logic
// Show loading state while database initializes
return isWaking ? <WakingUpSpinner /> : children
}
🎨 UI Component Patterns
ShadCN/UI Integration
// components/ui/button.tsx
import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
import { cva } from 'class-variance-authority'
const buttonVariants = cva(
'inline-flex items-center justify-center rounded-md text-sm font-medium',
{
variants: {
variant: {
default: 'bg-primary text-primary-foreground hover:bg-primary/90',
brand: 'bg-brand-primary text-white hover:bg-brand-primary/90',
},
},
defaultVariants: {
variant: 'default',
},
}
)
Form Validation Pattern
// components/ContactForm.tsx
import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form'
import { zodResolver } from '@hookform/resolvers/zod'
import { z } from 'zod'
const contactSchema = z.object({
name: z.string().min(2, 'Name must be at least 2 characters'),
email: z.string().email('Invalid email address'),
message: z.string().min(10, 'Message must be at least 10 characters'),
})
export function ContactForm() {
const form = useForm<z.infer<typeof contactSchema>>({
resolver: zodResolver(contactSchema),
})
const onSubmit = async (data: z.infer<typeof contactSchema>) => {
// Handle form submission with Sentry logging
}
}
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.
- 2d ago First seen · 348 lines · 2,198 tokens per session scan A 6168dd7e19ee
common-patterns is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository smeubank/cursor-template (6 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,198 tokens to every session, about $0.0110 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.
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