NLU↗

The live edition

NEVER
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Your agents pull the current Not Like Us rules on their own. New tells, new tool defaults, and corrected guidance land in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes, Gemini CLI, and Copilot without a reinstall.

Checking the stream version.

01

Snapshot or stream

The public repository is a snapshot. It is free for noncommercial use and it stays where it was the day you cloned it.

FeaturePublic snapshotStream
Rules and tool guidesAs of the last snapshotCurrent, within a minute of a change
UpdatesRe-clone or re-install by handAutomatic on every session or every morning
ChangelogGit historyDelivered with each sync, rule IDs named
MCP serverSnapshot rulesLive rules, per-tool guides, review prompt
Commercial useNot licensedIncluded for the subscriber
PriceFree$4.99 a month
02

Setup

After checkout you get a key that starts with nlu_. Three commands install and keep it current. Node 18 or newer.

npx github:jtc268/not-like-us login nlu_...
npx github:jtc268/not-like-us sync
npx github:jtc268/not-like-us hook
03

Where sync writes

Only folders that exist on the machine are touched. Managed blocks are marked and can be removed with uninstall.

  • Shared Agent Skills folder ~/.agents/skills/not-like-us/, read by Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenClaw, and the skills CLI.
  • Claude Code ~/.claude/skills/not-like-us/ and an always-on rules file at ~/.claude/rules/not-like-us.md.
  • Codex CLI ~/.codex/skills/not-like-us/ and a managed block in ~/.codex/AGENTS.md.
  • Cursor ~/.cursor/skills/not-like-us/.
  • Gemini CLI ~/.gemini/skills/not-like-us/ and a managed block in ~/.gemini/GEMINI.md.
  • GitHub Copilot ~/.copilot/skills/not-like-us/ and a managed block in ~/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md.
  • OpenClaw ~/.openclaw/skills/not-like-us/ and a managed block in ~/.openclaw/workspace/AGENTS.md.
  • Hermes Agent ~/.hermes/skills/not-like-us/.
  • Any project nlu sync --project writes .agents/skills/not-like-us/ and a block in the AGENTS.md of that project.
04

Keeping it current

hook adds a session-start hook to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and Copilot. It re-syncs when the last check is older than six hours and prints one line when something changed. schedule uses the OS scheduler instead. OpenClaw and Hermes have their own.

# OpenClaw: daily at 06:00
openclaw automations create "0 6 * * *" --name not-like-us --command 'node ~/.config/not-like-us/nlu.mjs sync --quiet'

# Hermes: install from the keyed URL, then let hermes skills update re-fetch it
hermes skills install https://notlikeus.adorellc.pro/v1/k/nlu_.../SKILL.md
hermes cron create "0 6 * * *" "Run hermes skills update" --no-agent

# Any machine, no npm: fetch the client and run it
curl -fsSL https://notlikeus.adorellc.pro/nlu.mjs -o nlu.mjs && node nlu.mjs sync
05

MCP

The same client runs as a stdio MCP server. Resources for the skill, the paste block, both rule sets, and every tool guide. One tool, not_like_us_rules, that returns the current rules plus the guide for a named generator. One prompt, not-like-us-review.

# Claude Code
claude mcp add --scope user not-like-us -- npx -y github:jtc268/not-like-us mcp

# Codex CLI, in ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.not-like-us]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "github:jtc268/not-like-us", "mcp"]

# Cursor ~/.cursor/mcp.json, Gemini ~/.gemini/settings.json, Copilot ~/.copilot/mcp-config.json
{ "mcpServers": { "not-like-us": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "github:jtc268/not-like-us", "mcp"] } } }

# OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add not-like-us --command npx --arg -y --arg github:jtc268/not-like-us --arg mcp

# Hermes, in ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  not-like-us:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "github:jtc268/not-like-us", "mcp"]
06

Agents pay by themselves

An agent with a USDC wallet does not need you at the keyboard. The pass endpoint answers 402 with x402 requirements; any x402 client pays and gets a key back. Paying again from the same wallet extends the same key. Machine-readable details at /agents, /openapi.json, and /.well-known/x402.

# 1. Ask for the price (HTTP 402, x402 v2, USDC on Base, Polygon, or Arbitrum)
curl -i https://notlikeus.adorellc.pro/v1/x402/pass

# 2. Pay with any x402 client, for example @x402/fetch, and read the key from the JSON
#    { "key": "nlu_...", "until": "...", "days": 30 }

# 3. Use it
npx github:jtc268/not-like-us login nlu_... && npx github:jtc268/not-like-us sync
07

Try it free first

Every command works without a key. It installs the public snapshot and tells you how far behind the stream it is.

npx github:jtc268/not-like-us sync
npx skills add jtc268/not-like-us --skill not-like-us --global --yes
hermes skills install https://notlikeus.adorellc.pro/skills/not-like-us/SKILL.md
08

Billing and keys

Manage billing with your key. Lost the key? Enter the checkout email and it is resent.

Rotate a key from the client with nlu rotate. The old key stops working within ten minutes.

09

Terms

Plain language. The Stripe receipt and the billing portal are the record.

What you buy. Access for one person to the Not Like Us Stream: the feed, the client, the MCP server, and the changelog, on any number of machines that person uses, for as long as the subscription is active.

Billing. $4.99 a month, charged by Stripe on the day you subscribe and monthly after that. Cancel from the billing portal. Access continues to the end of the paid month. Refunds within seven days of a charge on request to stream@adorellc.pro.

Pay once. A prepaid pass is $4.99 per 30 days for 1 to 12 months, paid once through any method Stripe offers, including USDC where enabled. It does not renew. Agents can buy a 30-day pass in USDC over x402. Prepaid passes are refundable within seven days if the key has not been used.

License. The public repository is licensed under PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0. An active subscription also licenses the subscriber to use the rules and guides commercially, including inside products and client work. Sharing a key, redistributing the feed, or offering it as a service is not licensed.

Data. Stripe holds the payment details and email. This site stores nothing else about you. The email is used for the key and billing messages only.

Provider. Adore LLC, United States. Questions to stream@adorellc.pro.