steipete/agent-rules
A well-regarded collection of rules and knowledge files for Claude Code and Cursor. Archived by its maintainer in 2026; indexed with a deprecation warning. Agentiquette scores it 54/100 (Deprecated-tier), methodology v1.0, scored 2026-07-07.
Key facts
| Category | Instruction set |
|---|---|
| License | MIT |
| Maintainer | steipete (Peter Steinberger) |
| Compatible agents | claude-code, cursor |
| File patterns | CLAUDE.md, cursor-rules |
| Triggering | manual-reference |
| GitHub metrics | 5,690 stars · 509 forks · 0 open issues (fetched 2026-07-07) |
| Last commit | 2026-05-03 |
| Created | 2025-06-12 |
Editorial analysis
Kept in the index because deletion breaks citations and because the content taught a generation of rule-writers; deprecated because archived is archived. The individual rules remain worth mining, with the standard caveat for frozen instruction files: every claim about tool behavior ages, and nobody is watching this one age. We keep scored history; the warning is the point.
Risks
Maintainer-archived: no updates, no fixes, no issue responses. Rules referencing tool behavior will drift out of date without warning.
Evidence notes: Maintenance: repository archived by maintainer; scored at floor. Documentation: rules carry rationale, which is why they remain minable. Reliability: content quality was good; freshness now decays unmonitored.
Install and first run
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Is steipete/agent-rules good?
steipete/agent-rules scores 54/100 (Deprecated-tier) on Agentiquette's methodology v1.0, scored 2026-07-07. Strengths and weaknesses are in the editorial analysis; the score is explained dimension by dimension in the scorecard.
What is steipete/agent-rules for?
A well-regarded collection of rules and knowledge files for Claude Code and Cursor. Archived by its maintainer in 2026; indexed with a deprecation warning.
Is steipete/agent-rules maintained?
Last commit 2026-05-03, 0 open issues at fetch time (2026-07-07). Maintenance is scored at 15 of 100.
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