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Synapse Rules (Labs Synapse)

Synapse Rules (Labs Synapse)

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Portable AI rules across IDEs with safe sync, token cost analysis, and zero lock-in
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🧠 Synapse Rules

One rulebase. Any IDE. Forever.

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Write Rules Once. Use Everywhere.

Stop copying rules between IDEs. Synapse compiles a single .synapse format to:

  • ✅ Trae (.trae/)
  • ✅ Cursor (.cursor/rules/)
  • ✅ Windsurf (.windsurf/)
  • ✅ Cline (.clinerules/)
  • ✅ Zed (.rules)

Features

📊 Token Cost Analysis

See how many tokens each rule costs and which rules dominate spend.

🔄 Sync

Compile .synapse/rules/*.synapse into enabled IDE targets.

🧠 Cost Dashboard

A sidebar dashboard that highlights total tokens, top expensive rules, and recommendations.

👥 Team Sync (Coming soon)

Reserved for a future release.

Quick Start

  1. Command Palette → Synapse: Initialize Project
  2. Add rules under .synapse/rules/
  3. Command Palette → Synapse: Sync Rules

Commands

Command Description
Synapse: Initialize Project Creates .synapse/ folder
Synapse: Sync Rules Compiles to enabled IDEs
Synapse: Analyze Tokens Shows token usage and cost
Synapse: Convert Large Rules to Skills Converts large rules (Pro)

Pricing

  • Free: manual downloads for 5 IDE adapters
  • Pro ($9 one-time): One-click adapter updates, rollback, and future IDE adapters
  • Team: Coming soon

Links

  • https://labs-synapse.com
  • https://github.com/lcmkevin/synapse
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