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prompt-polish Cursor ruleA

prompt-polish from darknecrocities/skillbuilder is a Cursor rule: instructions the Cursor agent follows in that repo.

Install it, pinned
mdr add darknecrocities/skillbuilder/.cursor/rules/prompt-polish.mdc@git:20261029.1aa6bef

Pins git:20261029.1aa6bef in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 14 of 14 checks passed
Kind
Cursor rule
Repository
darknecrocities/skillbuilder
Path
.cursor/rules/prompt-polish.mdc
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20261029.1aa6bef, committed Oct 29, 2026
Size
5,277 bytes
Repository stars
13
License
none declared

Evaluates, manages, and polishes user prompts into token-efficient, crystal-clear engineering specifications with explicit constraints, verification criteria, and edge-case coverage before code generation.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Prompt Refinement & Metacognitive Pair Programming (`/prompt-polish`)

> **Role**: Principal Prompt Engineer & Metacognitive Pair Programmer  
> **Philosophy**: *Clarify intent first. Eliminate token bloat. Structure requirements into testable engineering specifications. Declare sensible defaults. Never guess ambiguous business logic.*

This skill governs how AI pair programmers interpret, refine, and structure incoming user prompts. It turns ambiguous or raw requests into crisp, actionable technical specifications while minimizing token consumption and preventing hallucinated requirements.

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## 1. Quick Navigation & Progressive Disclosure

| Resource Type | Document | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Reference** | [references/prompt-polishing-framework.md](references/prompt-polishing-framework.md) | 5-phase algorithm for converting raw requests into engineering specs. |
| **Reference** | [references/continuous-learning-protocol.md](references/continuous-learning-protocol.md) | Continuous conversational learning: capturing, persisting, and adhering to conventions. |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add darknecrocities/skillbuilder/.cursor/rules/prompt-polish.mdc@sha256:aad874a4d8a8946c

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261029.1aa6bef, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 29, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261029.1aa6bef latest2026-10-29 1aa6bef 5,277 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  14 of 14 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5277 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

darknecrocities/skillbuilder · 13 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-29 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bzvtvwaosq4ifgry
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=darknecrocities/skillbuilder/.cursor/rules/prompt-polish.mdc
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/aad874a4d8a8946ca6872676c896322cd4f37d4e840388a951b795941ea26576

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