Rules

Non-negotiable behaviours the agent recites before acting. Public rules ship in releases.

1. Step 1 of 2

   Set a hard rule

   A rule is a line the agent will not cross, held above instinct and recited before it acts. Keep it one imperative sentence: the shortest rules last the longest. Like memory, a rule sits in a zone — PRIVATE by default, or --public so it ships in the agent's releases and every install inherits it as foundation.

   plm agent rule add

   $ plm agent rule add "Screenshot and LOOK before claiming UI work is done." --public

   ✓ rul_e5292550dcf54fb8 (public — ships in releases)

   full form · plm agent rule add <text> [--public]

2. Step 2 of 2

   Scan the rules

   The whole ruleset at a glance, each row tagged [pub]/[priv]; the footer counts the split. A bare query matches the text (rule push finds the push rule), and --public / --private narrow to one zone. Boot recites every rule, so this is how you audit what the agent is bound by.

   plm agent rule ls

   $ plm agent rule ls --public

   rul_82dd9220e5d94f2d [pub ] No em dashes in user-visible copy.

   rul_e5292550dcf54fb8 [pub ] Screenshot and LOOK before claiming UI work is done.

   2 rules (2 public · 0 private)

   full form · plm agent rule ls [query] [--public|--private]

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