project-context

A project documentation template that records what an application does, how its repository is organized, which technologies it uses, and where its other documentation lives.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to describe a Next.js application, list folders and services, document development guides, and point to business, monitoring, and deployment information.
Why use it?
It gives developers and coding assistants shared context, reducing time spent guessing where code belongs or how the project is built.

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

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 1,983 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 1,983 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 $0.01983 $0.01983
Opus 5 $0.00992 $0.00992
Sonnet 5 $0.00397 $0.00397
Haiku 4.5 $0.00198 $0.00198

Measured 2d ago against content hash ced0b35f7e6d, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

project-context 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/project-context.mdc ยท 284 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing โ€” 284 lines โ€” stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Project Context Template

๐ŸŽฏ Project Overview

[Your Project Name] is a modern web application built with Next.js, featuring [brief description of your project's purpose].

๐Ÿ—๏ธ Repository Structure

  • /app - CURRENT DEVELOPMENT - Next.js App Router application (port 3000)
  • /admin - Admin dashboard (port 3001) [if applicable]
  • /api - API routes and server-side logic
  • /components - Reusable UI components
  • /lib - Utility functions and configuration

๐Ÿ”ง Technology Stack

  • Frontend: Next.js 14+ (App Router), TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
  • Backend: [Your backend choice - Supabase, Prisma, etc.]
  • UI Library: [Your UI library - ShadCN/UI, Chakra UI, etc.]
  • Monitoring: [Your monitoring solution - Sentry, LogRocket, etc.]
  • Deployment: [Your deployment platform - Vercel, Netlify, etc.]

๐Ÿ“‚ Documentation Structure

Core Implementation

  • [coding-guidelines.md] - TypeScript and Next.js standards
  • [business-logic.md] - Domain-specific business rules
  • [monitoring.md] - Error tracking and performance monitoring
  • [common-patterns.md] - Reusable code patterns

Development Workflow

  • [feature-development.md] - PRFAQ โ†’ PRD โ†’ Implementation โ†’ GTM workflow
  • [project/features/] - Feature templates and documentation
    • [001-template/] - Master templates (PRFAQ, PRD, GTM, IMPLEMENTATION)
    • [002-feature-name/] - Feature implementation examples
    • [00X-feature-name/] - Your features (copy from template)

๐Ÿš€ Development Commands

Environment Setup

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start development servers
npm run dev              # Main app (port 3000)
npm run dev:admin        # Admin dashboard (port 3001) [if applicable]

Database Management

# Generate types
npm run generate-types

# Run migrations
npm run migrate

# Reset database
npm run reset-db

Monitoring & Debugging

# Check monitoring integration
npm run monitor:check

# View logs
npm run logs

# Performance analysis
npm run analyze

Read the full file on GitHub ยท 284 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 284 lines ยท 1,983 tokens per session scan A ced0b35f7e6d

Subscribe to this mod's changes

project-context is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository smeubank/cursor-template (6 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,983 tokens to every session, about $0.0099 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.