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Agent Rules

Rules and instructions for agentic coding tools like Cursor, Claude CLI, Gemini CLI, Cline and more.

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What is Agent Rules?

Agent Rules is a collection of rules and instructions for agentic coding tools including Cursor, Claude CLI, Gemini CLI, Qodo and Cline, to guide them towards better, safer code.

Pros

  • Ready-made rules for many coding agents
  • From a well-known security engineer
  • Apache-2.0 licensed

Cons

  • Rules need adapting to your project
  • Small collection

Who should use Agent Rules

Developers who want sensible defaults for their coding agents.

Who may not need it

People who do not use coding agents.

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