approved-plan-execution Cursor ruleA

approved-plan-execution from kensaurus/cursor-kenji is a Cursor rule: instructions the Cursor agent follows in that repo.

Install it, pinned
mdr add kensaurus/cursor-kenji/.cursor/rules/approved-plan-execution.mdc@git:20260923.68c095e

Pins git:20260923.68c095e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 14 of 14 checks passed
Kind
Cursor rule
Repository
kensaurus/cursor-kenji
Path
.cursor/rules/approved-plan-execution.mdc
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260923.68c095e, committed Sep 23, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 23, 2026
Size
5,873 bytes
Repository stars
9
License
MIT

Guard execution of an approved plan or burndown: forbid reward hacking and feature deletion; require checkpoints, context discipline, safe terminal use, and fresh verification. Applies to approved plan-*.md, complete-everything, and burndown-full runs, whatever model runs them.

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

# Approved-Plan Execution Adapter

You are executing an **already-approved plan** (a `plan-*.md` audit/burndown authored and reviewed at high effort). Your job is faithful, verifiable *implementation* — not re-planning or inventing unrelated scope. When `complete-everything` is explicitly active, its connected closure set (planned + previously parked + discovered blast-radius work) is part of the approved scope. When `burndown-full` is active, repo-wide search determines mechanical scope. These rules guard the failure modes of plan execution — passing the check instead of the intent, quietly widening or narrowing scope, deleting behavior to get green — and bind every change at every effort level.

## 1. Anti-reward-hacking (highest priority)
Satisfy the **intent**, never just the check. Forbidden:
- Hardcoding expected outputs, asserting trivialities, or narrowing a test so it cannot fail.
- Deleting, skipping, or `.only`-ing a failing test to get green.
- Silencing errors with `@ts-ignore`, `eslint-disable`, broad `try/catch`, or `any` instead of fixing the cause.
- Stubbing/mocking the very thing under test.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add kensaurus/cursor-kenji/.cursor/rules/approved-plan-execution.mdc@sha256:87b39fb48ca52990

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260923.68c095e, 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

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Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, all committed on Sep 23, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260923.68c095e latest2026-09-23 68c095e 5,873 BA view · diff
git:20260923.cf348bd2026-09-23 cf348bd 5,862 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 (5873 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

kensaurus/cursor-kenji · 9 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_rmqzrnw4eg664jpj
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kensaurus/cursor-kenji/.cursor/rules/approved-plan-execution.mdc
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/87b39fb48ca52990a338434c69cf1b5be8ea1317885b676d7deae73e2611ab55

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: Cursor rules vs AGENTS.md · which agent file does what.

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