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 skills/layer1labs/specsmith/cursor-governednpx skills add layer1labs/specsmith --skill cursor-governedgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/layer1labs/specsmithWhat 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 | $0.00000 | $0.00500 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00000 | $0.00250 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00000 | $0.00100 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00000 | $0.00050 |
Grade A, and why
cursor-governed 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 3d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 76 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
SKILL.md
Cursor Governed Profile
Requirements Covered
Governance Requirements
- REQ-012: Least-Privilege Agent Permissions
- REQ-217: Agent Permissions Check
- REQ-220: Policy Guardrails
- REQ-244: Context Window Sizing
- REQ-245: Live Context Fill Indicator
- REQ-246: Auto Context Compression
- REQ-247: Hard Context Ceiling
Core Principle
The cursor-governed profile is designed for agents operating within the Cursor IDE environment. It ensures compliance with Specsmith governance while leveraging Cursor's specific capabilities and constraints.
Profile Characteristics
Required Skills
- preflight-gate
- governed-agent-loop
- requirement-author
- testcase-author
- traceability-auditor
- context-pack-compiler
- token-budget-auditor
- skill-composer
- cursor-integration
Environment-Specific Features
- Cursor IDE integration capabilities
- Context window optimization for Cursor's IDE constraints
- Compliance with Cursor's IDE environment
- Integration with Cursor's native IDE features
Implementation Details
Cursor-Specific Execution
- Leverage Cursor IDE's native capabilities for code editing
- Optimize context windows to fit Cursor's IDE constraints
- Apply Specsmith governance rules within Cursor's environment
- Maintain traceability between Cursor actions and Specsmith requirements
Context Management
- Optimize context for Cursor's IDE environment
- Apply Cursor-specific compression techniques
- Ensure context fits within Cursor's constraints while maintaining traceability
- Track Cursor-specific IDE usage
Configuration
Default Behavior
By default, the cursor-governed profile:
- Integrates with Cursor IDE's native features
- Optimizes context for Cursor's IDE environment
- Maintains full Specsmith governance compliance
- Tracks Cursor-specific usage metrics
Override Options
- Allow Cursor-specific skill overrides
- Support Cursor IDE environment customization
- Enable Cursor-specific context optimization
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.
- 3d ago First seen · 76 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 59543bb7a55f
cursor-governed is a skill published in the GitHub repository layer1labs/specsmith (7 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 500 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 2026-08-31.
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