RuleReceipt
launching 31 aug
for AI coding agents

See exactly what
your agent actually did

RuleReceipt checks a coding agent's session against your own rules — AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, whatever you wrote — and shows precisely what was followed, what wasn't, and why. Starting with Claude Code, more agents next.

$ npx rulereceipt check
rule adherence, this sessionreading session…
session 2026-08-16 · 11 rules local only
Rule 7 — Tests must be able to fail
Rule 4 — Surface bad news first
evidence: reply led with passing tests, the one broken test was mentioned last
? Rule 11 — Fails closed on error
evidence: no error occurred this session, nothing to verify against
8 pass · 2 fail · 1 unclearno data sent
CLAUDE.md is a wish list, not a contract.
— a developer, after writing 200 lines of rules the agent ignored
Not unique to Claude — a structural limit of how LLMs process long instructions, documented, not guessed
#18660CLAUDE.md instructions are read but not reliably followed
#15443Claude ignores explicit instructions while claiming to understand them
#24318Claude ignores explicit user instructions and acts without approval
A known limit of how LLMs process long instruction files, not a Claude-specific flaw — in Claude Code specifically, content starts getting selectively skipped after around 80 lines

I built this after hitting the same wall myself — running Claude Code daily, writing rules into CLAUDE.md, and having no way to tell whether they were actually followed or just quietly skipped. Vibe coding with it is genuinely good. Trusting it to follow my own rules, without checking, wasn't.

What we don't do

The privacy story, stated plainly, not buried in a policy page.

Nothing leaves your machine

Runs locally. The only network call is your own Claude API key talking to Anthropic — same as normal Claude Code use.

We don't save your data

There is no server of ours in the path. Nothing you check is stored, logged, or seen by us, anywhere.

We never touch settings.json

Read-only access to CLAUDE.md and your session transcript. No hooks installed, ever, without you explicitly asking.

Worth saying directly, given the year it's been: malicious npm packages have specifically targeted Claude Code's hook system — planting code in .claude/settings.json that runs automatically on every session. RuleReceipt does none of that. It runs only when you type the command. Nothing automatic, nothing silent.

Pricing

Free while we're early. After that, pay for what you use — no subscription.

Now, through the free window
Free

Unlimited checks. No card, no signup friction. This is how we find out if it's actually useful.

After that
Credits · pay per check

Buy a pack, use it whenever, nothing recurring. Announced clearly, in advance — never a silent switch.

Questions

Straight answers, including where the answer is "not yet."

Does this work with Cursor or other AI agents?

Not yet. v1 reads Claude Code sessions specifically. AGENTS.md as the rules format is already cross-tool, and support for other agents is the natural next step — but it isn't built yet, so it isn't claimed here.

Do I need my own Anthropic API key?

For the rules that need judgment, yes — the same key your Claude Code setup already uses. Rules that can be checked by plain pattern matching don't need it at all, and cost nothing to run.

Does this touch my CLAUDE.md or Claude Code settings?

Read-only. It reads CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md and your session transcript, and writes nothing back. No hooks get installed, no settings get modified — not automatically, not ever, without you explicitly asking.

What exactly counts as one credit?

One run of rulereceipt check — regardless of how many rules it checks. Not metered per rule, per token, or per API call.

Will it always be free?

No — free while we're validating, through a clearly announced date, then credits. If you're already using it before that date, you'll hear about the switch in advance, not find out by hitting a paywall.

What if I disagree with a result?

Every PASS/FAIL/UNCLEAR comes with a quoted line of evidence specifically so you can check it yourself, not just trust it. It's Claude's judgment on the harder rules — not infallible, which is exactly why the evidence is shown, not hidden.

Can my team or manager use this too?

Yes — same tool, no team plan needed for this. A developer runs it after a session and shares the report directly (a markdown output is built for pasting into a PR or Slack). It's how an engineering lead sees whether the team's agent-assisted work actually followed standards, without a new dashboard to roll out.