Official agent skill

Principle Boundary Discipline

by cursor in cursor/plugins

Apply when wiring validation, error handling, or framework adapters.

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Install Principle Boundary Discipline

skills CLI
$ npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill principle-boundary-discipline -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install cursor/plugins principle-boundary-discipline --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cursor/plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/pstack/skills/principle-boundary-discipline .claude/skills/principle-boundary-discipline && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
principle-boundary-discipline
GitHub stars
10k
Used in
8 other repos
Token cost
~471 tokens
SKILL.md length
224 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
99
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Apply when wiring validation, error handling, or framework adapters.

  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Principle Boundary Discipline is an agent skill from cursor/plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Apply when wiring validation, error handling, or framework adapters. Concentrate guards at system boundaries (CLI, config, network, external APIs); trust internal types and keep business logic in pure functions.

Its SKILL.md is about 470 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Cursor plugin specification and official plugins.

Example prompts

  • “/principle-boundary-discipline”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ccb5507. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Principle Boundary Discipline loads about 471 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 224 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~60
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~471

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 224 words (~471 tokens).

“Place validation, type narrowing, and error handling at system boundaries. Trust internal code unconditionally. Business logic lives in pure functions. The shell is thin and mechanical.”

— opening of SKILL.md by cursor
name
principle-boundary-discipline
disable-model-invocation
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in pstack/skills/principle-boundary-discipline of cursor/plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ccb5507

Used in 8 other repositories

We found 8 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 8 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in cursor/plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

Compare with similar skills

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Wiringparcadei/Continuous-Claude-v33.9k1 repos~1.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
First Principles Thinkingmindfold-ai/Trellis15k—~4.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Implementing Zero Trust With Hashicorp Boundarymukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills34k—~3.9kAutomated safety check: NotesApache-2.0

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Questions about Principle Boundary Discipline

What does Principle Boundary Discipline do?

Apply when wiring validation, error handling, or framework adapters. Principle Boundary Discipline is an agent skill from cursor/plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Apply when wiring validation, error handling, or framework adapters.

How do I install Principle Boundary Discipline in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill principle-boundary-discipline -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (pstack/skills/principle-boundary-discipline in cursor/plugins) into .claude/skills/principle-boundary-discipline in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Principle Boundary Discipline in Codex?

Run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill principle-boundary-discipline -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (pstack/skills/principle-boundary-discipline in cursor/plugins) into .agents/skills/principle-boundary-discipline in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Principle Boundary Discipline in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill principle-boundary-discipline -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/principle-boundary-discipline, .gemini/skills/principle-boundary-discipline, .github/skills/principle-boundary-discipline and .opencode/skills/principle-boundary-discipline in your project.

What does Principle Boundary Discipline need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Principle Boundary Discipline is instructions for the agent only.

Does Principle Boundary Discipline access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Principle Boundary Discipline safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Principle Boundary Discipline use?

No licence was found for Principle Boundary Discipline or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Principle Boundary Discipline use?

About 471 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Principle Boundary Discipline?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Principle Boundary Discipline: Uxui Principles (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Counterparty Channel Discipline (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars), Wiring (parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3, 3.9k stars) and First Principles Thinking (mindfold-ai/Trellis, 15k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Principle Boundary Discipline?

cursor (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in cursor/plugins, which has 10,457 GitHub stars. The repository holds 99 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: cursor/plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.