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/toptalentcoder/cursor-awesomerules/general-coding-rulesgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/toptalentcoder/Cursor-AwesomeRulesWhat 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 | $0.00376 | $0.00376 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00188 | $0.00188 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00075 | $0.00075 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00038 | $0.00038 |
Grade A, and why
general-coding-rules 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.
This is a copy
100% identical to general-coding-rules — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.
What it actually says
description: Applies general coding rules across all file types to maintain code quality, consistency, and prevent common errors. globs: **/.
- Always verify information before presenting it. Do not make assumptions or speculate without clear evidence.
- Make changes file by file and give me a chance to spot mistakes.
- Never use apologies.
- Avoid giving feedback about understanding in comments or documentation.
- Don't suggest whitespace changes.
- Don't summarize changes made.
- Don't invent changes other than what's explicitly requested.
- Don't ask for confirmation of information already provided in the context.
- Don't remove unrelated code or functionalities. Pay attention to preserving existing structures.
- Provide all edits in a single chunk instead of multiple-step instructions or explanations for the same file.
- Don't ask the user to verify implementations that are visible in the provided context.
- Don't suggest updates or changes to files when there are no actual modifications needed.
- Always provide links to the real files, not the context generated file.
- Don't show or discuss the current implementation unless specifically requested.
- Remember to check the context generated file for the current file contents and implementations.
- Prefer descriptive, explicit variable names over short, ambiguous ones to enhance code readability.
- Adhere to the existing coding style in the project for consistency.
- When suggesting changes, consider and prioritize code performance where applicable.
- Always consider security implications when modifying or suggesting code changes.
- Suggest or include appropriate unit tests for new or modified code.
- Implement robust error handling and logging where necessary.
- Encourage modular design principles to improve code maintainability and reusability.
- Ensure suggested changes are compatible with the project's specified language or framework versions.
- Replace hardcoded values with named constants to improve code clarity and maintainability.
- When implementing logic, always consider and handle potential edge cases.
- Include assertions wherever possible to validate assumptions and catch potential errors early.
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 · 30 lines · 376 tokens per session scan A fa78c2eee5f4
general-coding-rules is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository toptalentcoder/Cursor-AwesomeRules (6 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed CC0-1.0. It adds 376 tokens to every session, about $0.0019 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to general-coding-rules, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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