Distilled rule list for AI ingestion: title, rule, apiRule, whenToApply, whyItMatters, priority, scope. Compact by default; no examples.

• No pagination; stable ordering from the database.
• Use this endpoint exclusively for agents; it stays small even with 200+ rules.
• Optional search (use sparingly): ?q= with optional field=title|rule|apirule|whentoapply|whyitmattersto retrieve a specific rule, and ?includeExamples=true to fetch its code snippets only when you truly need them.
• Add ?includeGuide=true when you want startup and rule-authoring instructions bundled with the rule list.

curl https://coderuleset.com/api/rules/essentials

curl https://coderuleset.com/api/rules/essentials?includeGuide=true

Agent guidance

• Fetch /api/rules/essentials once per session; do not query other endpoints.
• Use apiRule and whyItMatters as the main prompts for reasoning.
• Treat the essentials as mandatory defaults; only ignore or deviate if explicitly instructed.
• Rules include a scope and priority. Apply universal rules everywhere; apply stack-specific rules only when the stack matches.
• Use /api/rules/essentials?includeGuide=true when you want the endpoint to include startup and rule-writing instructions in the response itself.
• Use search/examples only for hard cases; skip them for trivial tasks to avoid unnecessary calls.