Export Rules

/export-rules — Cross-IDE Rule Export

Convert Claude Hangar skills and rules into formats compatible with other AI coding tools.

Supported Formats

Instructions

Step 1: Determine Target

From $ARGUMENTS:

• cursor → Generate Cursor .mdc rules
• windsurf → Generate Windsurf rules file
• cline → Generate Cline rules file
• copilot → Generate Copilot instructions
• all → Generate all formats
• No argument → Ask which format(s) to generate

Step 2: Gather Source Material

Read these Hangar sources (in order of importance):

1. Project CLAUDE.md (if exists in cwd)
2. ~/.claude/rules/common/*.md — Governance rules
3. ~/.claude/rules/{lang}/*.md — Language-specific rules (detect from project)
4. Active skills in ~/.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md — Extract key patterns

Step 3: Generate — Cursor (.mdc)

Create .cursor/rules/ directory and generate one .mdc file per rule category:

---
description: {{Rule description for Cursor context matching}}
globs: {{file patterns this rule applies to, e.g. "**/*.ts"}}
alwaysApply: {{true for universal rules, false for file-specific}}
---

{{Rule content — concise, actionable instructions}}

Mapping:

• rules/common/coding-style.md → .cursor/rules/coding-style.mdc (alwaysApply: true)
• rules/common/security.md → .cursor/rules/security.mdc (alwaysApply: true)
• rules/typescript/patterns.md → .cursor/rules/typescript.mdc (globs: **/*.ts,**/*.tsx)
• rules/python/patterns.md → .cursor/rules/python.mdc (globs: **/*.py)

Step 4: Generate — Windsurf

Create a single .windsurfrules file at the project root:

# Project Rules

## Code Quality
{{Extracted from coding-style.md}}

## Security
{{Extracted from security.md}}

## Language-Specific
{{Extracted from detected language rules}}

## Workflow
{{Extracted from development-workflow.md}}

Step 5: Generate — Cline

Create a single .clinerules file at the project root:

# Project Rules

## Code Quality
{{Extracted from coding-style.md}}

## Security
{{Extracted from security.md}}

## Language-Specific
{{Extracted from detected language rules}}

## Workflow
{{Extracted from development-workflow.md}}

Note: Cline uses a flat rules file similar to Windsurf. The format is identical but the filename differs (.clinerules vs .windsurfrules).

Step 6: Generate — GitHub Copilot

Create .github/copilot-instructions.md:

# Copilot Instructions

## Project Context
{{From CLAUDE.md}}

## Code Standards
{{From coding-style.md, testing.md}}

## Security Requirements
{{From security.md}}

Step 7: Report

## Export Complete

| Format | Files | Location |
|--------|-------|----------|
| Cursor | N rules | .cursor/rules/*.mdc |
| Windsurf | 1 file | .windsurfrules |
| Cline | 1 file | .clinerules |
| Copilot | 1 file | .github/copilot-instructions.md |

Total rules exported: N

Rules

• Preserve the intent and strictness of original rules
• Adapt format but not content — don't weaken rules for compatibility
• Skip Hangar-specific references (hook-gate, skills, statusline)
• Include only rules relevant to the detected project stack
• Don't export hooks (these are Claude Code-specific)