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Git attribution

Keep commits attributed to your GitHub accounts only — never Cursor, @cursoragent, or other agent identities.

Checklist (do once per machine)

  • Cursor IDE: Settings → Agents → Attribution → turn Commit and PR attribution off
  • Cursor IDE: Settings → Git & PRs → Attribution → turn both off
  • Cursor CLI: in %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\cli-config.json set: 
    "attribution": {
  "attributeCommitsToAgent": false,
  "attributePRsToAgent": false
}
  • Every repo you commit in: run node tools/enable-hooks.mjs . (or collab-kit enable-hooks .)
  • Pair programming: only use human co-authors:
    • Co-authored-by: Kory Kaai <69431357+kory-kaai@users.noreply.github.com>
    • Co-authored-by: TopDaily Dev <315340167+topdaily-dev@users.noreply.github.com>

Cloud / background agents may still inject Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>. The git hooks below strip or block that before it reaches GitHub.

Enable hooks in a repo

From collab-kit (or any repo that copied these tools):

node tools/enable-hooks.mjs .
node tools/enable-hooks.mjs ../budgetmend ../shipkit

Or via the CLI:

collab-kit enable-hooks .

This sets git config core.hooksPath .githooks and copies hook files if missing.

What the hooks do

Hook Purpose
prepare-commit-msg Strips Cursor / agent trailers before the commit is saved
commit-msg Rejects the commit if forbidden attribution is still present

Blocked patterns include:

  • Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
  • Made-with: Cursor
  • Any @cursor.com co-author line

Verify before push

git log -1 --format=%B
node tools/strip-cursor-trailers.mjs --check .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG

Achievement history is permanent

If Pair Extraordinaire already unlocked from an old @cursoragent merge, GitHub will not remove that history line. These steps prevent future commits and PRs from showing Cursor anywhere.

Manual setup (without enable-hooks)

git config core.hooksPath .githooks

On Unix/macOS:

chmod +x .githooks/prepare-commit-msg .githooks/commit-msg