Similar to this rule is POLA - the Principle of Least Astonishment. The idea is that if you ask a tool to do something, it should generally do just that and nothing else. If you were to run a tool without args or config, then it shouldn't do something unexpected.

Even if nothing else, this rule/principle/whatever is my favourite by name :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishmen...