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Cursor rule0 starsChanged 4 months agoMITView on GitHub
External verification required before claiming completion
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The file
We split this verification-law.mdc into the rules it gives an agent
4 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 0 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.
0
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 7
Do not claim done without running or explicitly waiving an external gate.
- Distinctive: line 8
Prefer actionable tool/test errors as the next prompt over vague re-checks.
- Distinctive: line 10
Avoid redundant "double-check" instructions on models that already self-correct.
- Distinctive: line 11
If gates cannot run, state the gap and the smallest missing check.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 6,668 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.
Files
--- description: External verification required before claiming completion alwaysApply: true --- Verification law: - Do not claim done without running or explicitly waiving an external gate. - Prefer actionable tool/test errors as the next prompt over vague re-checks. - On review tasks, report real issues first; severity-filter in a second pass if requested. - Avoid redundant "double-check" instructions on models that already self-correct; spend tokens on gates instead. - If gates cannot run, state the gap and the smallest missing check.
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