claude-toolkit / rules

We split this workbench.mdc into the rules it gives an agent

8 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 4 are very specific to this project.

• ≈0

  Common · estimate

  Many files like this have a rule of this kind.

• ≈4

  Distinctive · estimate

  This author's own choices. Worth a look.

• 4

  Very specific

  Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

• Common
• Distinctive
• Very specific

1. Distinctive:

   Before editing any source code, check: git branch --show-current

   line 8
2. Very specific:

   If output is agents-workbench → source code is READ-ONLY.

   line 9
3. Very specific:

   If inside a .worktrees/ path → you are in a worktree.

   line 10
4. Distinctive:

   If on any other branch → normal development.

   line 11
5. Very specific:

   Create from remote ref: git worktree add .worktrees/<name> -b <branch> "$BASE"

   line 20
6. Distinctive:

   NEVER modify source code directly

   line 28
7. Distinctive:

   All commits in worktrees use: git commit -s -S

   line 33
8. Very specific:

   Run ~/.claude/scripts/setup-workbench.sh in any project

   line 36

≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 6,350 Cursor rule files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

• Where files are headingNew Cursor rule files have more rules about planning and tracking tasks, and fewer about code style.

  Of the Cursor rule files we read, the 3,978 first seen in the last six months, against the older ones: the kind of rule that gained most share, and the kind that lost most. About files like this in general, not this one, and an estimate, since a kind is a pattern in the words.

• In this repository48 other files it gives its agents.

  • .claude/templates/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
  • docs/agents.mdAGENTS.md
  • .claude/CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
  • .cursor/rules/core.mdcCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/go.mdcCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/k8s.mdcCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/node.mdcCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/python.mdcCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/rust.mdcCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/tdd.mdcCursor rule
  • llms-full.txtllms.txt
  • llms.txtllms.txt
  • cmux-sprint-orchestratorSkill
  • config-auditSkill
  • doneSkill
  • eurekaSkill
  • goalSkill
  • go-reviewSkill
  • handoffSkill
  • js-reviewSkill
  • k8s-debugSkill
  • k8s-reviewSkill
  • kickoffSkill
  • pr-review-ingestSkill
  • pr-reviewSkill
  • python-reviewSkill
  • reflectionSkill
  • skill-evalSkill
  • tdd-protocolSkill
  • team-executeSkill
  • team-planSkill
  • team-shutdownSkill
  • test-reviewSkill
  • validate-recommendationSkill
  • worktree-guideSkill
  • babysitSkill
  • canvasSkill
  • create-hookSkill
  • create-ruleSkill
  • create-skillSkill
  • create-subagentSkill
  • migrate-to-skillsSkill
  • sdkSkill
  • shellSkill
  • split-to-prsSkill
  • statuslineSkill
  • update-cli-configSkill
  • update-cursor-settingsSkill