github code quality
via PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules
Enforce code quality standards and communication best practices for GitHub development in Cursor.
What is github code quality?
This rule establishes behavioral guidelines for AI-assisted development, emphasizing verification over assumptions, file-by-file changes with review opportunities, and avoiding unnecessary commentary. Use it to maintain focused, efficient code modifications aligned with explicit requests.
- Enforce verification of information before presentation; flag assumptions and speculation
- Require file-by-file changes to allow manual review between modifications
- Eliminate apologies, understanding confirmations, and unnecessary meta-commentary from responses
- Prevent whitespace-only suggestions and unsolicited change summaries
- Avoid inventing features or changes beyond explicit requirements
- Preserve existing code structures and unrelated functionality
Applies to
File patterns this rule matches.
Rule definition (reference)
Source of truth, from the repository.
{ "rules": [ { "name": "Verify Information", "pattern": "(?i)\b(assume|assumption|guess|speculate)\b", "message": "Always verify information before presenting it. Do not make assumptions or speculate without clear evidence." }, { "name": "File-by-File Changes", "pattern": "// MULTI-FILE CHANGE:", "message": "Make changes file by file and give me a chance to spot mistakes" }, { "name": "No Apologies", "pattern": "(?i)\b(sorry|apologize|apologies)\b", "message": "Never use apologies" }, { "name": "No Understanding Feedback", "pattern": "(?i)\b(understand|understood|got it)\b", "message": "Avoid giving feedback about understanding in comments or documentation" }, { "name": "No Whitespace Suggestions", "pattern": "(?i)\b(whitespace|indentation|spacing)\b", "message": "Don't suggest whitespace changes" }, { "name": "No Summaries", "pattern": "(?i)\b(summary|summarize|overview)\b", "message": "Don't summarize changes made" }, { "name": "No Inventions", "pattern": "(?i)\b(suggest|recommendation|propose)\b", "message": "Don't invent changes other than what's explicitly requested" }, { "name": "No Unnecessary Confirmations", "pattern": "(?i)\b(make sure|confirm|verify|check)\b", "message": "Don't ask for confirmation of information already provided in the context" }, { "name": "Preserve Existing Code", "pattern": "(?i)\b(remove|delete|eliminate|destroy)\b", "message": "Don't remove unrelated code or functionalities. Pay attention to preserving existing structures." }, { "name": "Single Chunk Edits", "pattern": "(?i)\b(first|then|next|after that|finally)\b", "message": "Provide all edits in a single chunk instead of multiple-step instructions or explanations for the same file" }, { "name": "No Implementation Checks", "pattern": "(?i)\b(make sure|verify|check|confirm) (it's|it is|that) (correctly|properly) implemented\b", "message": "Don't ask the user to verify implementations that are visible in the provided context" }, { "name": "No Unnecessary Updates", "pattern": "(?i)\b(update|change|modify|alter)\b.\bno changes\b", "message": "Don't suggest updates or changes to files when there are no actual modifications needed" }, { "name": "Provide Real File Links", "pattern": "(?i)\b(file|in)\b.\b(x\.md)\b", "message": "Always provide links to the real files, not x.md" }, { "name": "No Previous x.md Consideration", "pattern": "(?i)\b(previous|earlier|last)\b.*\bx\.md\b", "message": "Do not consider any previous x.md files in your memory. Complain if the contents are the same as previous runs." }, { "name": "No Current Implementation", "pattern": "(?i)\b(current|existing)\s+(implementation|code)\b", "message": "Don't show or discuss the current implementation unless specifically requested" }, { "name": "Check x.md Content", "pattern": "(?i)\b(file|content|implementation)\b", "message": "Remember to check the x.md file for the current file contents and implementations" } ] }
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