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rules-distill
Scan skills to extract cross-cutting principles and distill them into rules — append, revise, or create new rule files. Use when the same principle keeps recurring across skills and belongs in a rule file instead.
Works with
Claude CodeCursorCodex CLIGitHub CopilotGemini CLI
Install in three steps
- 1
Download the ZIP
One file per agent, plus INSTALL.md with the exact paths below.
- 2
Claude Code: copy SKILL.md into your skills folder
.claude/skills/rules-distill/SKILL.md # this project ~/.claude/skills/rules-distill/SKILL.md # every project
- 3
Other agents: use the matching file
skill.mdc goes in Cursor’s .cursor/rules/. AGENTS.md works as GitHub Copilot instructions, a legacy .cursorrules, or a Codex / Gemini CLI instructions file.

