warp-drive / rules

We split this memory-alpha.mdc into the rules it gives an agent

4 rules. About 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.

• ≈0

  Common · estimate

  Many files like this have a rule of this kind.

• ≈2

  Distinctive · estimate

  This author's own choices. Worth a look.

• 2

  Very specific

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

• Common
• Distinctive
• Very specific

1. Distinctive:

   Before starting any task in this repo:

   line 13
2. Very specific:

   If your task is about *using* WarpDrive's public API rather than changing its internals — a test app, a docs example, a guide snippet — the …

   line 19
3. Distinctive:

   If nothing matches, the skill doesn't exist yet — proceed using your own judgment and the surrounding code/docs as usual.

   line 23
4. Very specific:

   Do not browse the rest of warp-drive-packages/memory-alpha/skills/ or read whole directories beyond what an index tells you to load — the …

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≈ “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 repository6 other files it gives its agents.

  • AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
  • CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
  • .github/copilot-instructions.mdCopilot instructions
  • ast-grep-codemodsSkill
  • ast-grepSkill
  • mock-cache-checkinSkill