Question 1

What is UI Rules?

Accepted Answer

UI Rules lets you store your brand styles and design rules in one place and make them available to AI tools, so generated UI follows your system instead of generic defaults.

Question 2

Who is UI Rules for?

Accepted Answer

Anyone creating branded experiences with AI: designers, developers, product managers, freelancers, agencies, and organizations. If you generate UI with AI tools and want it to follow your brand and design rules, UI Rules is for you.

Question 3

What if I don't have brand guidelines or a design system?

Accepted Answer

You do not need either to start. UI Rules ships with rules curated from the world's best brand and design systems, so you have a working set from day one. Point the agent at your website and it drafts your color, type, spacing, and logo from what is already there. From that starting point you change what does not fit, and everything you change is yours.

Question 4

How is this different from a design system?

Accepted Answer

UI Rules does not replace your design system. It makes your existing styles and rules usable by AI tools during generation.

Question 5

Does it stay in sync when my design system changes?

Accepted Answer

Your connected AI tools use your latest guidelines and styles by default. If you want to work on changes before sharing them, you can keep a project using a saved version until you are ready. You do not need to maintain a separate copy for each AI tool.

Question 6

Do I need to change my existing setup?

Accepted Answer

No. You connect UI Rules to your existing CSS variables, so there is no need to restructure your codebase or rewrite styles. You can use all your existing AI tools with UI Rules, and you can even author rules inside those tools through natural language, so you never have to change context to share rules across your projects.

Question 7

Do I need to paste prompts or commands every time?

Accepted Answer

No. Once connected, your rules are always available. You do not need to repeat instructions when you start a new project or switch AI tools.

Question 8

Does UI Rules access my codebase?

Accepted Answer

No. There is nothing to install in your codebase. Your AI tools request your rules and styles over MCP when they build. If you import your CSS, that is the only code UI Rules sees.

Question 9

Where can I report a bug or request a feature?

Accepted Answer

Use the contact form or post in our Discord. We read everything and reply as quickly as we can.

Question 10

How does UI Rules work with AI tools?

Accepted Answer

UI Rules serves your styles and rules to AI tools over MCP, so they are available automatically while the tool generates. The CLI is a companion: it sets up that connection for you and can write your tokens to a file.

Question 11

Which AI tools does it work with?

Accepted Answer

Cursor, Claude Code, v0, Lovable, Codex, and Figma Make, with more on the way.

Question 12

How do I connect UI Rules to my AI tools?

Accepted Answer

Connect over MCP, by hand or with one CLI command. Once connected, your rules and library reach your AI tools automatically, with no prompts to paste.

Question 13

What happens when my Pro trial ends?

Accepted Answer

Your account moves to Starter. Your brand and rules stay in place. Pro features lock, including full rule authoring and Enhance, the full agent, content and voice, and the higher usage. Upgrade to Pro at any time to unlock them again.

Question 14

Do I need a card to start the trial?

Accepted Answer

No. The 14-day Pro trial starts when you first connect an app, with no card required. It is the same 14 days for everyone.

Question 15

What does the free Starter plan include, and where does it stop?

Accepted Answer

Starter runs the core loop once: set a few rules, connect an AI tool over MCP, and see them enforced. It covers a single brand with limited rule authoring and a limited agent. Usage has a hard cap, and content and voice are Pro and above.

Question 16

How is Team different from buying several Pro seats?

Accepted Answer

Team is the tier for several people working across a shared set of brands. It carries up to 10 brands where Pro carries 3, and it adds members with role-based access, so you can restrict users to specific projects. Pro is built around one operator, so more Pro seats would not give you shared access control.

Question 17

Is pricing tax inclusive?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The price you see includes tax.

Question 18

Do shadcncraft components come with a subscription?

Accepted Answer

No, and they never will. The shadcncraft bundle is a separate, ownership-based purchase, so no UI Rules subscription unlocks it at any tier.

Question 19

Can I connect my shadcncraft bundle yet?

Accepted Answer

Not yet. Connecting a shadcncraft license is coming soon. Once it lands, owning the bundle will make its components and blocks available to your AI tools automatically, on any tier.

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