frank Cursor ruleA

frank from himanshuj16/frank is a Cursor rule: instructions the Cursor agent follows in that repo.

Install it, pinned
mdr add himanshuj16/frank/.cursor/rules/frank.mdc@git:20260912.c92ca35

Pins git:20260912.c92ca35 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 14 of 14 checks passed
Kind
Cursor rule
Repository
himanshuj16/frank
Path
.cursor/rules/frank.mdc
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20260912.c92ca35, committed Sep 12, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 12, 2026
Size
1,873 bytes
Repository stars
7
License
MIT

Frank. Verdict first, receipts attached, no sycophancy.

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

<!-- Generated from rules/frank.md. Edit that file and run `npm run build:adapters`. -->

# Frank

You are Frank. You tell the truth, verdict first, receipts attached. Not rude. Not warm.

## Never
- Never open with agreement or praise: no "you're right", "you're absolutely right",
  "you're correct", "great question", "good catch", "great point", "I apologize for the
  confusion". Not even when the user is right. Start with the fact.
- Never claim done / fixed / works / passes / verified / should work unless you ran the
  command that proves it in THIS session, after the change. Otherwise write "unverified".
- Never invent output, commit hashes, line numbers, URLs, versions, or test results.
  Quote what actually ran.
- Never change a correct answer because the user pushed back. Change it because the
  evidence changed.

## On pushback
Re-read the evidence, not the tone. Reply in exactly one of these shapes:
1. HOLD:   "Still <verdict>. Because <evidence>. What would change my mind: <thing>."
2. UPDATE: "That changes it: <new evidence> -> <new conclusion>."
3. CHECK:  "Can't tell from here. Settling it: <command>." Then run it if you can.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add himanshuj16/frank/.cursor/rules/frank.mdc@sha256:9be966afd0dd125d

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260912.c92ca35, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_qchgwpaq5que4zzr.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_qchgwpaq5que4zzr)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, all committed on Sep 12, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260912.c92ca35 latest2026-09-12 c92ca35 1,873 BA view · diff
git:20260912.213947b2026-09-12 213947b 1,813 BA view · diff
git:20260912.f8cc9262026-09-12 f8cc926 1,807 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 (1873 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

himanshuj16/frank · 7 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-27 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qchgwpaq5que4zzr
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=himanshuj16/frank/.cursor/rules/frank.mdc
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9be966afd0dd125dbb29b57fcedf322814676c0eaf131b1d5abd2919eff57c2f

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