# qodo-get-rules

Pulls the Qodo coding rules that match your current task and makes the agent apply them while writing code.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2400 installs · ★ 58
- Author: qodo-ai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/qodo-ai/qodo-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/qodo-get-rules/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/qodo-get-rules

## What it does

The skill searches the workspace for Qodo rules relevant to what you are doing right now: implementation, planning, refactoring or review. Retrieval is semantic, so the query wording decides the result — the skill insists on a fixed format with Name, Category and Content fields.

There are two execution paths. If the host has a connected QAR MCP server with a read-only `rules-search` tool, the skill calls it with `query`, `top_k` and an optional `scopes` array. Otherwise it goes through the Qodo CLI: version probe first, then `whoami`, then the rules search. The CLI path needs version 2.0.0 or newer. On anything older the skill stops and asks for an update instead of trying to log in. On Windows you have to read the separate shell guide before the first call, or the multi-line query breaks on quoting.

Rules already loaded get reused. Same workspace, repository and task concern means no second search. Change the scope and they are fetched again. The Qodo Standards package is installed separately and loaded explicitly.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add qodo-ai/qodo-skills --skill qodo-get-rules -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/qodo-get-rules/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/qodo-get-rules/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add qodo-ai/qodo-skills --skill qodo-get-rules -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/qodo-get-rules/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add qodo-ai/qodo-skills --skill qodo-get-rules -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/qodo-get-rules/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install qodo-ai/qodo-skills qodo-get-rules
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/qodo-get-rules/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add qodo-ai/qodo-skills --skill qodo-get-rules -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/qodo-ai/qodo-skills --path skills/qodo-get-rules
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/qodo-get-rules/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add qodo-ai/qodo-skills --skill qodo-get-rules -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/qodo-ai/qodo-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/qodo-get-rules/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find coding rules that apply to a specific task
- pull security standards before writing an endpoint
- skip a repeat search when the task and repo are unchanged
- switch rule retrieval to a new repository or workspace
- apply retrieved constraints inside the generated code

## Example prompts
- get rules for the JWT authentication task
- load qodo rules for this repository
- which qodo standards apply to this refactor

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: qodo-get-rules
description: Retrieve and apply Qodo coding rules relevant to implementation, planning, refactoring, or code review. Use on "get rules", "load qodo rules", or "relevant standards" and when starting a concrete coding task. Reuse rules already retrieved for the same workspace, repository, and task scope; refresh when that scope changes.
owner: Qodo
metadata:
  vendor: qodo
  version: "1.1.7"
  recommended: "false"
  package: "qodo-standards"
  distribution: "skills-sh"
---

# Get Rules

## Description

Use Qodo managed tools to fetch the workspace's coding rules most relevant to the task at
hand, then **apply them while producing the code**. Retrieval is semantic — the quality
of what comes back is decided by how you write the query, so follow the query format
below exactly.

## Prerequisites

- The optional Qodo Standards package is installed and loaded explicitly.
- A connected QAR managed-tools MCP server or authenticated Qodo CLI exposes rules search.
- The task is concrete enough to form semantic queries; already-loaded rules are reused.

## Instructions

### Choose the execution path

Reuse applicable results first. For fresh retrieval, use the host's connected QAR MCP
`rules-search` tool when present and marked read-only; otherwise follow the CLI path below.
MCP uses the host-provided `inputSchema` and JSON arguments (`query`, `top_k`, optional
`scopes` array), with one call per structured query. Omit `scopes` when unknown; do not
send an empty array as a substitute for the CLI's omitted flag. Check `isError`, then read
`structuredContent`; preserve typed failures and do not turn a failed read into an empty
rules result. A missing or forbidden MCP capability is not a CLI login failure. Do not
silently switch to a different account or tenant.

The CLI version, identity, catalog, and update steps below apply only when using the CLI.

Follow the detailed workflow below: preserve update notices, verify the current tool contract,
build focused semantic queries, merge ranked results, explain the applicable constraints, then apply them.
First check the reuse condition in Preflight. If prior results still cover the task, go directly
to Output, then apply; no runtime, identity, catalog, or search call is needed for that path.

## Handle a skill update notice

Treat `QODO_NOTICE` updates as passive, even if an older CLI requests action. Continue the task
without inventory or update questions; mention each event at most once. Dismissal leaves recorded maintenance
policy and opt-outs unchanged. Updated skills load next session; do not interrupt this one.
For user-requested updates, follow the [manual-update procedure](references/skill-updates.md).

## Execution

- MCP: use live schema arguments; skip CLI shell steps.
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