init

A set of rules for starting a software feature from a clean project state. It checks for unfinished pull-request reviews, synchronizes the code, gets task details from Notion, and creates a feature branch.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when starting a feature, creating a new branch, or picking up a task, including when you may be resuming work from an open pull request.
Why use it?
It reduces missed review feedback and inconsistent setup when beginning work. It also keeps the task, branch, and project state aligned before coding starts.

Cursor rule

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/wellapp-ai/well/init
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well
Per session 13 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,413 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 $0.00013 $0.01413
Opus 5 $0.00006 $0.00707
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00283
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00141

Measured yesterday against content hash a8afca37b734, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

init 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 yesterday.

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/modes/init.mdc · 209 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 209 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Init Mode

Use this mode to start a new feature from a clean slate.

Trigger Keywords

"init", "start feature", "new branch", "begin work on", "pick up task"

The Flow

  1. Resume Detection - Check if branch has open PR with comments
  2. Clean Slate - Ensure working directory is clean
  3. Sync - Reset to latest develop
  4. Context - Fetch task from Notion (including linked pages)
  5. Branch - Create feature branch, update Notion
  6. ASK Handoff - Present summary, wait for user to confirm ASK mode

Phase Checklist

Phase 0: Resume Detection

Before clean slate, check if resuming existing work:

  • Check current branch: git branch --show-current
  • If NOT on develop, check for open PR: gh pr view --json number,state,url,title
  • If PR exists with comments/reviews, fetch feedback:
    • gh pr view --json comments,reviews
    • gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{number}/comments

If PR with feedback exists → Skip to Resume Flow below If no PR or no feedback → Continue to Phase 1


Resume Flow

When an open PR with review comments is detected:

Present to user:


Resume: PR Review Feedback

Branch: [branch-name] PR: #[number] - [title] URL: [PR URL]

Review Comments

Reviewer Location Comment
@reviewer file.ts:L42 "Comment text..."

Summary of Requested Changes

  • [Bullet point for each actionable comment]

Would you like me to create a plan to address these comments?

Say "yes" to create a fix plan, or "skip" to continue with normal init.


Wait for user confirmation before proceeding.


Phase 1: Clean Slate

  • Check for changes: git status --porcelain
  • If dirty, stash: git stash push -m "pre-init: $(git branch --show-current)"
  • Confirm clean: git status shows nothing to commit

Phase 2: Sync with Develop

  • Fetch: git fetch origin develop
  • Switch: git checkout develop
  • Reset: git reset --hard origin/develop
  • Clear caches: npm run clean
  • Install: npm install
  • Typecheck: npm run typecheck

Read the full file on GitHub · 209 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. yesterday First seen · 209 lines · 13 tokens per session scan A a8afca37b734

Subscribe to this mod's changes

init is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository WellApp-ai/Well (341 stars, last pushed 25d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 13 tokens to every session and 1,413 once invoked, about $0.0001 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 2026-08-30.