Add Cursor refactoring guardrails rule - #12
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Introduce a project-level rule that constrains refactors to be behavior-preserving, minimal, and non-decorative, with an explicit workflow and definition of done. Co-authored-by: Chris Baker <crew102@users.noreply.github.com>
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Summary
Adds a project-level Cursor rule (
.cursor/rules/refactoring-guardrails.mdc) withalwaysApply: trueso agents treat refactor/cleanup requests as behavior-preserving work unless told otherwise.What it enforces
Note
The pasted rule ended mid-example in the "Comments" section; a minimal Good counterpart was added to close the pattern.
How to use
Merge this PR (or copy
.cursor/rules/refactoring-guardrails.mdclocally). Cursor loads rules from.cursor/rules/automatically for this repo.