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Principle Guard The Context WindowSAFE

skills/cursor/principle-guard-the-context-window

Cursor plugin specification and official plugins

Verdict
SAFE
Grade
B
Trust score
89 /100
Version
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Hosts
—
License
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Stars
10,928
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Overview

Cursor plugin specification and official plugins

Read from source at commit 890eaf6b2dddOBSERVED · 2026-10-12
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What it tells the agent

The instruction file, verbatim from the audited commit — this is the text the model reads, and the surface the audit's instruction layer examines. Quoted here so you can judge it without cloning anything.

---
name: principle-guard-the-context-window
description: "Apply when context is filling up: large outputs, long files, repeated reads, fan-out planning. Route bulk to subagents; keep summaries in the main thread, not raw payloads."
disable-model-invocation: true
---

# Guard the Context Window

**Why:** Context overflow degrades reasoning quality, creates compression artifacts, and halts progress.

**Pattern:**
- **Size phases and cap scope.** Limit files per phase, set turn budgets, account for mechanism costs.
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Trust audit

SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.

LayerWhat it checksResult
L0Provenance & inventoryPASS
L1Static analysis of the codeNA
L2Instruction surface (what it tells the agent)PASS
L3Class-specific surfacePASS
L4Behavioural (sandbox)SKIPPED

What the source does

Filesystem
none-observed
Network
none-observed
Shell
none-observed
Dependencies
pinned
Secrets in source
none-found

Findings (0)

No findings outside the package's declared scope.

Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.

Audited 2026-10-12 · audit v0.4.1 · source sha 890eaf6b2dddfull audit observations/trust-audit/skill/cursor__principle-guard-the-context-window.json · Report an issue / request a re-scan
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Audit history

Every audit this skill has had.

DateSourceVerdictGradeScoreChange
2026-10-12890eaf6b2dddSAFEB89first audit
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Questions

What does the Principle Guard The Context Window skill do?

Cursor plugin specification and official plugins

Is Principle Guard The Context Window safe to install?

The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean skill reads B.

What can Principle Guard The Context Window access on my machine?

The audit observed no filesystem, network or shell use at all in its source.

How current is this page?

The grade is for one exact copy of the source (890eaf6b2ddd), read on 2026-10-12. The repository is watched, and a new audit runs when it changes — this is the first audit.

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