_CRUX-RULE

_CRUX-RULE is a cursor rule for Cursor from zotoio/CRUX-Compress. It costs 408 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A foundational rule for reading and maintaining CRUX-compressed Markdown instructions. CRUX is a compact notation used to shorten project rules while preserving their intended meaning.

In plain words
What is it for?
It guides agents when loading project instructions, interpreting CRUX notation, editing source files instead of generated outputs, and compressing rules through the designated manager.
Why use it?
It prevents agents from misunderstanding compressed rules, changing generated files directly, or constructing incorrect file paths and tool calls.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: installed under .cursor/. Also seen: mentions subagents; mentions AGENTS.md.

Good fit It guides agents when loading project instructions, interpreting CRUX notation, editing source files instead of generated outputs, and compressing rules through the designated manager.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/zotoio/crux-compress/_crux-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.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zotoio/CRUX-Compress

Made for: Cursor.

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Per session 408 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 408 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00408 $0.00408
Opus 5 $0.00204 $0.00204
Sonnet 5 $0.00082 $0.00082
Haiku 4.5 $0.00041 $0.00041

Measured 9d ago against content hash e50424945f9e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

_CRUX-RULE 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 9d 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/_CRUX-RULE.mdc · 34 lines

What it actually says

Foundational CRUX Rules (MUST FOLLOW)

If not already loaded in context, load CRUX.md and AGENTS.md from the project root.

When you encounter CRUX notation, use the 'CRUX Rule Compression Specification' in CRUX.md to help you understand and adhere to the rules or intents it contains.

CRUX Decompression - CRITICAL

Always interpret, understand and adhere to the meaning compressed in CRUX notation! NEVER forget this.

Path Construction - CRITICAL

When constructing paths, URIs, or tool calls from CRUX references, preserve the literal path, filename, and extension exactly as they exist in the repository.

CRUX Compression - CRITICAL

When asked to compress a markdown rule file, delegate this to the crux-cursor-rule-manager subagent that adheres to this spec.

CRUX Compressed File Protection - CRITICAL

NEVER edit files that are CRUX compression output. These are:

  • Files with .crux.md or .crux.mdc extensions
  • Files whose frontmatter contains both generated: and sourceChecksum: or sourceUrl:
  • Files that carry the banner > [!IMPORTANT] > Generated file - do not edit!

Always edit the corresponding SOURCE file instead, then re-generate the derived CRUX output.

  • [name].crux.md / [name].crux.mdc -> edit the real source file such as [name].md
  • AGENTS.md is a source file in this repository; do not invent AGENTS.source.md

If you are about to edit a file and it contains sourceChecksum, sourceUrl, or the generated-file banner, stop and move the change to the source file instead.

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. 9d ago First seen · 34 lines · 408 tokens per session scan A e50424945f9e

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_CRUX-RULE is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository zotoio/CRUX-Compress (8 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 408 tokens to every session, about $0.0020 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.