Live rules for AI-assisted work

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Name: Not Like Us Stream
Brand: Adore LLC
Price: 4.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Your key pulls the current Not Like Us rules into the AI tools you already use. We test new model releases, review what repeats, and publish changes to the private feed.

Checking the stream version.

After checkout

Stripe returns you here with a private key. The same key and setup command arrive by email.

Open Terminal on Mac, or PowerShell on Windows. Copy one command from the welcome page and press Enter. The installer checks your key, finds supported AI tools, writes the current rules, and adds an update check when those tools start.

Your key is the login. There is no separate account or password.

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.

Feature	Public snapshot	Stream
Rules and tool guides	As of the last snapshot	Current, within a minute of a change
Updates	Re-clone or re-install by hand	Automatic on every session or every morning
Changelog	Git history	Delivered with each sync, rule IDs named
MCP server	Snapshot rules	Live rules, per-tool guides, review prompt
Commercial use	Not licensed	Included for the subscriber
Price	Free	$4.99 a month

One-command setup

Replace nlu_... with the key from the welcome page or email. Node 18 or newer.

npx github:jtc268/not-like-us setup nlu_...

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.

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.art/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.art/nlu.mjs -o nlu.mjs && node nlu.mjs sync

MCP

The same client runs as a stdio MCP server. It serves the current skill, rule sets, and tool guides. The not_like_us_rules tool returns the current rules plus the guide for a named generator.

# 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"]

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.

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

# Pay with any x402 client and read the key from the JSON response
# { "key": "nlu_...", "until": "...", "days": 30 }

# Install the Stream
npx github:jtc268/not-like-us setup nlu_...

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.art/skills/not-like-us/SKILL.md

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.

Terms

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

What you buy. Access for one person to the private, continuously updated rule feed. It includes writing and design rules, tool-specific guides, sources, the changelog, the installer, MCP access, and commercial use on any number of machines that person uses while 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.

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