Rules FAQs

Question 1

What is Rules?

Accepted Answer

Rules is a tool that manages and serves programming guidelines and coding standards to development tools, ensuring consistency across projects. It uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Question 2

Where can Rules store its rule definitions?

Accepted Answer

Rules offers flexible storage options. It can store rules locally on your file system or integrate with GitHub repositories, allowing you to manage rules centrally.

Question 3

What format are rules defined in?

Accepted Answer

Rules uses Markdown for defining rules, making them easy to read, write, and maintain. This format allows you to organize rules into categories and define key-value pairs for each rule.

Question 4

How can I access the rules managed by Rules?

Accepted Answer

Rules integrates with development tools using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This allows you to retrieve rules and filter them by category directly from your IDE or other development environments.

Question 5

What kind of categories can Rules use to organize guidelines?

Accepted Answer

Rules supports organizing guidelines into categories such as Core Programming Principles, Code Style and Formatting, Language-Specific Guidelines, Project Management Rules, and Operating System Specific Rules.

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