girijashankarj/cursor-handbook
Open-source rules engine for Cursor IDE — 110 rules, agents, skills, commands that give AI permanent memory of your standards. Demo: 30%+ token savings, blocks hardcoded secrets, type-check instead of 100K-token test runs, consistent code a
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A balanced, no-drama setup: some rules, some tools, nothing extreme.
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$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/girijashankarj/cursor-handbook MCP servers are added to Claude Code at local scope; env vars are shown as YOUR_… placeholders — we never store values. Files are fetched with degit into a separate folder so you can review before merging.
This rig commits no guardrails. Here is the community baseline instead — the deny/ask rules most often found across all 7,204 rigs:
{
"permissions": {
"deny": [
"Read(./.env)",
"Read(**/.env)",
"Read(~/.ssh/**)",
"Bash(rm -rf *)",
"Read(**/*.pem)",
"Bash(rm -rf /)",
"Bash(git push --force:*)",
"Bash(sudo *)",
"Read(.env)",
"Bash(rm -rf /*)",
"Read(./.env.*)",
"Read(~/.aws/**)",
"Bash(git push --force*)",
"Bash(rm -rf:*)",
"Read(**/*.key)",
"Read(**/.env.*)",
"Bash(sudo:*)",
"Bash(git reset --hard*)",
"Bash(git reset --hard:*)",
"Read(.env.*)"
],
"ask": [
"Bash(git push:*)",
"Bash(git push *)",
"Bash(git commit:*)",
"Bash(rm *)",
"Bash(rm:*)",
"Bash(git rebase *)",
"Bash(wget *)",
"Bash(npm publish:*)",
"Bash(git commit *)",
"Bash(gh pr merge *)"
]
}
} Cursor rules (29)
architecture/core-principles · alwaysarchitecture/dependency-management · alwaysarchitecture/token-efficiency · alwaysbackend/api-designbackend/code-organizationbackend/error-handlingbackend/handler-patternsbackend/nodejsbackend/typescriptcloud/containerization · alwayscloud/infrastructure · alwayscloud/serverless · alwaysdatabase/migration-rulesdatabase/query-patternsdatabase/schema-designdevops/ci-cd · alwaysdevops/documentation-standards · alwaysdevops/monitoring · alwaysfrontend/accessibilityfrontend/component-patternsfrontend/performancefrontend/state-managementmain-rules · alwayssecurity/guardrails · alwayssecurity/secrets-rules · alwayssecurity/security-compliance · alwaystesting/integration-testing · alwaystesting/mock-patterns · alwaystesting/testing-standards · always
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