Pathrule

Name: Pathrule
Author: pathrule

by pathruleversion 1.0.6i★ –iComputer or cloud

Registry nameio.pathrule/pathrule

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Path-scoped project memories, rules and skills for coding agents, on your machine or Pathrule Cloud.

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User voiceiNo reviews yetReviews open together with accounts in a later step
Our basic checksi1 of 1 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiNot measured yet★ –

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Computer or cloud
Transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP
Category: Other

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet
npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

Open Settings → Connectors
Press Add custom connector
Paste the address below and press Add
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://cloud.pathrule.io/mcp

Or run it on your computer

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pathrule": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pathrule/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http pathrule https://cloud.pathrule.io/mcp

Or run it on your computer

claude mcp add pathrule -- npx -y @pathrule/mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pathrule": {
      "url": "https://cloud.pathrule.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or run it on your computer

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pathrule": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pathrule/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "pathrule": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://cloud.pathrule.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or run it on your computer

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "pathrule": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pathrule/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
Paste the address below, give it a name and save
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://cloud.pathrule.io/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

We have not read this server’s tool list yet; we check endpoints in rotation.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 6, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified against the domain pathrule.io (the registry checks domain ownership)
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Endpoint responds
Not checked yet; we check endpoints in rotation
… Not checked yet
Sign-in with OAuth
Not checked yet; we check endpoints in rotation
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Not checked yet; we read the tool list when we check the endpoint

Compared with others in Otheri

More stars than 0% of the other 32451 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 67% of the other 32451 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32451 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Pathrule safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

Either way works: install it on your computer or connect to the cloud version.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.0.6) reached the registry 18 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, Recta

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README from the maker

Open the README

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Your AI forgets. Pathrule remembers.

The open-source knowledge layer for coding agents. Pathrule keeps what your project has learned as memories, rules and skills scoped to paths in your code, and gives Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and Windsurf only what the task in front of them needs, before they act.

PathruleBench, 2,000 items: 55% lower cost a chain · 2.7× fewer input tokens · 97% of memory probes passed · the numbers

Website · Docs · Quickstart · Benchmarks · Smarter over time · Changelog

Same request, same agent. On the right, Pathrule's hook hands over the three notes filed for apps/web/dashboard before the agent writes a line.

Works with Claude Code · Codex · Cursor · GitHub Copilot · Windsurf · any MCP client

Quickstart

Node.js 22.14.0 or newer, on macOS, Linux or Windows.

npm i -g @pathrule/cli

pathrule setup --local # no account: knowledge stays on this machine pathrule doctor # see what each agent receives

Restart your agent. From the next session on, it gets the notes for the path it is about to touch, and writes new ones as it works.

Other ways in	Command	Good for
VS Code extension	`code --install-extension Pathrule.pathrule-vscode`	Knowledge beside the code. Marketplace and Open VSX.
Claude Code / Codex plugin	`/plugin marketplace add pathrule/pathrule` · `codex plugin marketplace add pathrule/pathrule`	Installing from inside the agent. Setup shows a plan before it changes anything.
Cursor plugin	Cursor Marketplace → Pathrule	The same hooks, MCP and skills inside Cursor.
Gemini CLI / OpenCode plugin	`gemini extensions install https://github.com/pathrule/gemini-cli-extension` · `opencode plugin @pathrule/opencode --global`	The same setup in Gemini CLI and OpenCode.
Any MCP client	`npx -y @pathrule/mcp`	Agents without a plugin system. Listed in the official MCP Registry.
Local Console	`pathrule ui`	Browse and edit knowledge on 127.0.0.1. No account.
Remote MCP	`claude mcp add --transport http pathrule https://cloud.pathrule.io/mcp`	Trying it with nothing installed. No hooks, no local mode.
From source	`pnpm install && pnpm cli:bundle`	Hacking on Pathrule. See docs/quickstart.md.

Explain it once

Coding agents start every session blank. So the same correction comes back, day after day, agent after agent:

Day	Agent	What you typed
Mon	Claude Code	“use our api client, not fetch”	1st
Tue	Claude Code	“again: api client, not fetch”	2nd
Wed	Codex	“we use the api client.”	3rd
Thu	Cursor	“I told you yesterday. api client.”	4th
Fri	Claude Code	“API CLIENT. NOT FETCH.”	5th

Five sessions, three agents, nothing remembered. With Pathrule you say it once:

You fix it once, the way you normally would.
Pathrule files it next to the code it is about: a memory on features/, not a line in a file every session has to read.
Every agent knows from the next session on, whichever one you open.

Only what matters

A workspace collects hundreds of notes. An agent editing features/orders needs four of them.

Knowledge is matched by path, scope and relevance, then fit to a per-prompt budget. Enforced rules are never cut for space. Whatever does not fit is listed by title, so the agent can ask for it. When a prompt names a function or a type, the hook also points the agent to the file and line where it is defined (JS/TS, Python, Go).

Three kinds of knowledge

Kind	What it holds	Example on `features/`
Memory	Decisions, gotchas and incidents, in short markdown.	“Use the api client. It handles auth and retries.”
Rule	Constraints the agent must follow, ranked above advice.	“Data loading goes through React Query.”
Skill	Reusable procedures and checklists an agent can run.	“Run the checks before calling it done.”

Three ways in

Channel	When it reaches the agent	Cost
Path-scoped rule files	Claude Code reads Pathrule's own `.claude/rules/pathrule/` at session start, each file scoped to its paths. Your `CLAUDE.md` and `AGENTS.md` are left as they are.	Cached by the client.
Hooks	Before the agent acts: on session start, on each prompt and on file tools. Only new or changed context is sent again.	Budgeted per prompt.
MCP `get_context`	When the agent asks, at the depth the request needs.	Every MCP client has it.

Why not just CLAUDE.md?

A CLAUDE.md file is read whole on every step, so every note your team adds makes every session cost more. Pathrule sends each prompt only what the path and the task need. PathruleBench measured the difference with the same agent, the same prompts and the same hidden checks, from 500 to 2,000 items of team knowledge.

At 2,000 items of team knowledge	CLAUDE.md	Pathrule
Cost a chain of 8 sessions	$3.89–$4.21	$1.76–$1.89
Input tokens a chain	11.8–12.5 M	4.3–4.7 M
Memory probes passed	89%	97%
Chains that passed every memory probe	0 of 9	5 of 9
A habit said once, followed later	78%	97%
What a failing command taught, kept	33%	78%
The work each prompt asked for	100%	100%

From 500 to 2,000 items, a chain with CLAUDE.md costs 89–98% more. With Pathrule it moves between −1% and +10%. Your knowledge base can grow; the bill does not.

Claude Code with claude-sonnet-5-5 in Python, Go and TypeScript; nine chains an arm at 2,000 items (three per language); executable tests decide every pass, no model judges. The Pathrule arm is this repository's open-source CLI in local mode: no Cloud, no model.

[Every condition, chain and check, and how to run it yourself → pathrule/benchmark](https://github.com/pathrule/benchmark)

Smarter the longer you use it.

Day one needs no account, no network and no model. Everything after builds on what you and your agents already did in this repository.

When	What Pathrule does	Where it runs

| Day 0 Foundation | Hooks and the local MCP server are wired into your agents. What you write is delivered per path, within a budget, through the hooks and Claude Code's path-scoped rules; your own CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md are left as they are. | Open source, this machine | | Week 1 Memory | A decision you state in a prompt (“from now on…”, “we decided…”) is saved in your own words. A lesson a failing command taught is saved once. Each note is filed next to the code it is about, and only new or changed context is sent again. | Open source, this machine | | Month 1 Your habits | A preference you state lives in a local file of your own. Said once in passing, it waits; said again in another session, it reaches every agent. One you call lasting is in force at once. A project rule always wins over a personal one. | Open source, this machine | | Month 3 At scale | Thousands of notes, and a session stays the same size: the root rules file stays around 6k characters and the rest arrives per prompt. A sentence that says where code lives is marked (as of writing), so when a teammate moves the file the agent follows the code. When an edit writes a value a newer decision replaced, the hook quotes the decision at that edit. | Open source, this machine | | When you choose Team | The same knowledge on every machine and for every member. For a Cloud workspace, a model also reads the prompts Pathrule's phrase rules found nothing in and keeps the sentence you meant to last, still in your words. It is paid from AI Credits. | Pathrule Cloud, opt-in |

No model runs on your machine. Everything before Team is the open-source CLI, the same path the benchmark above measured.

Switch agents. Keep the knowledge.

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Pathrule

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

Recta

README from the maker

Quickstart

Explain it once

Only what matters

Three kinds of knowledge

Three ways in

Why not just CLAUDE.md?

Smarter the longer you use it.

Switch agents. Keep the knowledge.