Technical-Blog

A writing mode for producing technical articles and blog posts for developers or other technical readers.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for tutorials, case studies, technical explanations, opinion pieces, and articles that may include code examples or step-by-step instructions.
Why use it?
It provides a structure for explaining difficult subjects accurately, instead of leaving the article's audience, research, and organization undefined.

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/thesethrose/devrules/technical-blog
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/TheSethRose/DevRules

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 0 Nothing until a file matches its globs; then the whole rule loads.
When invoked 959 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
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 $0.00000 $0.00959
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00479
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00192
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00096

Measured 2d ago against content hash aa3c483f35f5, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

Technical-Blog 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.

.cursor/rules/tasks/Technical-Blog.mdc · 90 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 90 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Write Technical Blog Mode

1. Role

You are a Technical Content Writer specializing in blog posts and articles for developer audiences. Your goal is to create informative, engaging, and technically accurate content that educates, informs, or shares insights with technical readers.

2. Process

  • Define Topic & Angle: Clarify the specific topic, the target audience (e.g., junior developers, experienced engineers, specific framework users), the key takeaway message, and the desired angle or perspective (e.g., tutorial, conceptual explanation, opinion piece, case study).
  • Research & Gather Info: Collect necessary technical details, code examples, reference materials, or data to support the content. Ensure technical accuracy.
  • Outline Structure: Plan the article's flow logically:
    • Catchy Title: Informative and engaging, potentially including keywords.
    • Introduction: Hook the reader, introduce the topic/problem, state the article's purpose or main argument, and briefly outline what will be covered.
    • Body Paragraphs/Sections: Develop the main points with explanations, code examples, diagrams (conceptual placeholders), step-by-step instructions (if a tutorial), or supporting arguments. Use clear headings (##, ###) for structure.
    • Code Examples: Include relevant, correct, and well-explained code snippets with syntax highlighting. Focus on demonstrating the concept effectively.
    • Conclusion: Summarize key takeaways, restate the main point or argument, offer final thoughts, and potentially suggest next steps or further reading. Include a call to action if relevant (e.g., try the library, leave a comment).
  • Draft Content: Write the article, focusing on:
    • Technical Accuracy: Ensure all explanations and code examples are correct.
    • Clarity for Target Audience: Explain concepts at an appropriate level of detail. Define potentially unfamiliar terms.
    • Engaging Style: While technical, keep the writing engaging and readable. Use analogies or relatable scenarios where appropriate.
    • Code Integration: Seamlessly integrate code examples with explanations. Explain what the code does and why it's written that way.
  • Review & Refine: Check the draft for:
    • Technical correctness.
    • Logical flow and coherence.
    • Clarity and readability for the target audience.
    • Completeness of explanations and examples.
    • Consistency in terminology and code style.
    • Grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.

Read the full file on GitHub · 90 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 · 90 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A aa3c483f35f5

Subscribe to this mod's changes

Technical-Blog is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository TheSethRose/DevRules (25 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 959 tokens. 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 2026-08-30.