design-patterns

A reference for choosing common software design patterns in Rust, a programming language with strict rules for memory ownership and safe concurrency.

In plain words
What is it for?
Select and implement patterns for object creation, behavior, structure, concurrency, complex configuration, multiple implementations, undo/redo, and event-driven systems.
Why use it?
It connects different kinds of design problems with Rust-style solutions that preserve compile-time safety and efficient code.

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Grade A, and why

design-patterns 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.

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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/rust/core/design-patterns.mdc ยท 874 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing โ€” 874 lines โ€” stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

๐ŸŽญ RUST DESIGN PATTERNS

TL;DR: Essential design patterns for Rust applications, focusing on idiomatic solutions that leverage Rust's ownership system and zero-cost abstractions.

๐Ÿ” DESIGN PATTERN SELECTION STRATEGY

graph TD
    Start["Design Challenge"] --> ProblemType{"Problem<br>Category?"}

    ProblemType -->|Object Creation| Creational["Creational Patterns"]
    ProblemType -->|Object Behavior| Behavioral["Behavioral Patterns"]
    ProblemType -->|Object Structure| Structural["Structural Patterns"]
    ProblemType -->|Concurrency| ConcurrencyP["Concurrency Patterns"]

    Creational --> BuilderCheck{"Complex<br>Configuration?"}
    Creational --> FactoryCheck{"Multiple<br>Implementations?"}

    BuilderCheck -->|Yes| TypeStateBuilder["Type-State Builder"]
    FactoryCheck -->|Yes| AbstractFactory["Abstract Factory"]

    Behavioral --> StrategyCheck{"Runtime Algorithm<br>Selection?"}
    Behavioral --> CommandCheck{"Undo/Redo<br>Required?"}
    Behavioral --> ObserverCheck{"Event-Driven<br>Architecture?"}

    StrategyCheck -->|Yes| StrategyPattern["Strategy Pattern"]
    CommandCheck -->|Yes| CommandPattern["Command Pattern"]
    ObserverCheck -->|Yes| ObserverPattern["Observer Pattern"]

    Structural --> AdapterCheck{"External API<br>Integration?"}
    Structural --> DecoratorCheck{"Cross-Cutting<br>Concerns?"}

    AdapterCheck -->|Yes| AdapterPattern["Adapter Pattern"]
    DecoratorCheck -->|Yes| DecoratorPattern["Decorator Pattern"]

    ConcurrencyP --> ActorCheck{"Isolated State<br>Management?"}
    ConcurrencyP --> PipelineCheck{"Data Pipeline<br>Processing?"}

    ActorCheck -->|Yes| ActorPattern["Actor Pattern"]
    PipelineCheck -->|Yes| PipelinePattern["Pipeline Pattern"]

    TypeStateBuilder --> Implementation["Implementation"]
    AbstractFactory --> Implementation
    StrategyPattern --> Implementation
    CommandPattern --> Implementation
    ObserverPattern --> Implementation
    AdapterPattern --> Implementation
    DecoratorPattern --> Implementation
    ActorPattern --> Implementation
    PipelinePattern --> Implementation

    style Start fill:#4da6ff,stroke:#0066cc,color:white
    style Creational fill:#4dbb5f,stroke:#36873f,color:white
    style Behavioral fill:#ffa64d,stroke:#cc7a30,color:white
    style Structural fill:#d94dbb,stroke:#a3378a,color:white
    style ConcurrencyP fill:#9d4dbb,stroke:#7a3a8a,color:white

Read the full file on GitHub ยท 874 lines

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What this file has done since we first saw it

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  1. 2d ago First seen ยท 874 lines ยท 0 tokens per session scan A ff237d97be20

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design-patterns is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository tyrchen/cursor-rust-rules (27 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 5,805 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.