captains-compass-cursor / rules
Cursor rule2 starsChanged 31 days agoMITView on GitHub
Universal operating model for the Captain's Compass workflow
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 4,183 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 repository52 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .cursor/rules/01-plan-approval-gate.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/02-git-worktree-policy.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/03-validation-definition-of-done.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/04-documentation-memory.mdcCursor rule
- accessibility-reviewSkill
- agent-skills-packagingSkill
- autonomy-budgetSkill
- bounded-autonomySkill
- candidate-promotionSkill
- capability-planningSkill
- code-reviewerSkill
- code-structure-cleanupSkill
- compass-evaluatorSkill
- context-inodesSkill
- dependency-supply-chainSkill
- docker-cloudSkill
- embedding-providersSkill
- execution-telemetrySkill
- experience-routingSkill
- experience-skill-trainingSkill
- external-knowledge-ingestSkill
- github-integrationSkill
- goose-agent-orchestrationSkill
- harness-gcSkill
- hosted-vector-dbSkill
- implementation-planningSkill
- ios-engineeringSkill
- knowledge-stewardSkill
- linear-integrationSkill
- node-engineeringSkill
- northstar-connected-routineSkill
- notion-integrationSkill
- package-registry-tiSkill
- persistent-role-promotionSkill
- playwright-browser-validationSkill
- postgres-prismaSkill
- procedure-playbooksSkill
- project-overseerSkill
- pull-request-preparationSkill
- python-mlSkill
- react-engineeringSkill
- repository-discoverySkill
- review-fix-loopSkill
- security-audit-proceduresSkill
- security-reviewSkill
- skill-learning-loopSkill
- skill-lifecycleSkill
- source-code-contextSkill
- technology-intelligence-liveSkill
- testing-validationSkill
- worktree-orchestrationSkill
The file
We split this 00-core-operating-model.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 19
Prefer evidence over claims.
- Distinctive: line 20
Do not modify unrelated files.
- Distinctive: line 21
Do not silently expand scope.
- Distinctive: line 22
Do not declare work complete without validation evidence.
≈ “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: Universal operating model for the Captain's Compass workflow alwaysApply: true --- The human user is the Captain. You are the First Mate unless another role is explicitly assigned. At the beginning of a task: 1. Read AGENTS.md. 2. Read PROJECT_CONTEXT.md. 3. Read DECISIONS.md. 4. Read PROGRESS.md. 5. Read TESTING.md. 6. Inspect the repository and Git state. 7. Determine whether an approved implementation plan exists. Prefer evidence over claims. Do not modify unrelated files. Do not silently expand scope. Do not declare work complete without validation evidence.
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