vibelign 2.0.18

AI coding safety system for vibecoders

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🎮 VibeLign — Safety Guard for AI Coding

VibeLign (vibelign) is an AI coding safety CLI + Desktop GUI for vibe coding workflows. It helps developers and non-developers protect project structure, save checkpoints, undo bad AI edits, manage anchors, and block secret leaks before commit.

🆕 v2.0: Desktop app for macOS / Windows, per-document AI summarization, anchor intent regeneration. See CHANGELOG and migration notes.

Documentation: https://yesonsys03-web.github.io/VibeLign/
Repository: https://github.com/yesonsys03-web/VibeLign
Issues: https://github.com/yesonsys03-web/VibeLign/issues
Releases: https://github.com/yesonsys03-web/VibeLign/releases

Sound familiar?

• You asked AI to add a small feature — it rewrote the entire file
• All code ended up in main.py — 1000+ lines, impossible to manage
• AI touched other files and now nothing works
• You want to undo but don't know how

That's why we made this!

Desktop App (macOS / Windows) — 📥 Download latest release

Mac / Linux (CLI)

pip install vibelign
vib start

Windows (PowerShell, CLI)

# Step 1: install uv — one-time setup, auto-configures PATH
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"
# Close and reopen PowerShell, then:
uv tool install vibelign
vib start

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🤔 What is VibeLign?

AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) write code fast. But they have problems:

Problem	VibeLign Fixes It
All code goes into main.py	AI organizes code properly
AI does something different from what you asked	Creates precise edit requests
Code breaks and you can't go back	Save & Undo feature

Works with any AI tool: Claude Code · Cursor · Codex · OpenCode

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📝 Just 3 Things to Remember

Before AI edits  →  vib checkpoint "before work"    # save
AI broke it      →  vib undo                         # undo
Looks good       →  vib checkpoint "done"             # save again

No Git knowledge needed. Just type vib.

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🚀 Start in 3 Steps

Mac / Linux

# 1. Install
pip install vibelign

# 2. Go to your project folder
cd my-project

# 3. Start!
vib start

Windows (PowerShell)

# 1. Install uv — one-time setup (auto-configures PATH, no warnings)
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

# Close and reopen PowerShell, then:

# 2. Install vibelign
uv tool install vibelign

# 3. Go to your project folder and start!
cd my-project
vib start

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📚 All Commands

Basics (Must Know)

Command	What It Does
vib start	First time only! Set up project
vib checkpoint "message"	Save current state (like game save)
vib checkpoint	Will ask for a message
vib undo	Go back to last save
vib history	See all saves

When Asking AI to Code

Command	What It Does
vib patch "add button"	Tell AI exactly how to edit (Korean OK!)
vib anchor	Mark safe areas for AI to edit
vib scan	Clean up files + check status

VibeLign patch rules

• Split composite requests into intent / source / destination / behavior_constraint.
• If delete and move appear together, treat it as move + preservation unless the user clearly wants removal.
• Resolve source and destination by role, not with the same rule.
• If patch contract or codespeak shape changes, update tests and docs together.
• Keep terminology aligned with the shared glossary and project docs.

Checking & Verification

Command	What It Does
vib doctor	Check project health
vib explain	Explain changes in plain language
vib guard	Check if code is broken
vib ask filename.py	Ask AI to explain a file

File Protection

Command	What It Does
vib protect filename.py	Lock important files (AI can't touch)
vib protect --list	See locked files
vib protect --remove filename.py	Unlock file
vib secrets --staged	Block staged API keys, tokens, and .env files before commit

Settings & Export

Command	What It Does
vib config	Set API keys
vib export claude	Create Claude Code settings
vib export cursor	Create Cursor settings
vib export opencode	Create OpenCode settings

Other Useful Commands

Command	What It Does
vib watch	Monitor file changes in real-time
vib bench	Test how effective anchors are
vib manual	Show detailed user guide
vib rules	Show all AI development rules
vib transfer	Generate PROJECT_CONTEXT.md for switching AI tools
vib transfer --handoff	Add Session Handoff block so a new AI can continue immediately
vib completion	Set up tab autocomplete
vib install	Show step-by-step installation guide

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💡 Recommended Workflow

# First time
vib start

# Before AI edits
vib checkpoint "before login feature"
vib doctor --strict
vib patch "create login button"

# After AI edits
vib explain --write-report
vib guard --strict --write-report

# If done
vib checkpoint "login feature done!"

# If something broke
vib undo

# Hitting a token limit or switching AI tools?
vib transfer --handoff    # generates a Session Handoff block
# Then tell the new AI: "Read PROJECT_CONTEXT.md first"

vib start now also enables Git secret protection automatically when your project uses Git. Before each commit, VibeLign checks staged changes for API keys, tokens, private keys, and secret-like files such as .env.

# Check manually anytime
vib secrets --staged

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🔧 Installation

Option 1: uv (Recommended, faster)

uv tool install vibelign

If you see "is not on your PATH" warning after install:

uv tool update-shell

Then close and reopen your terminal. vib will work after that. If you use bash, run uv tool update-shell from inside bash, or:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

Option 2: pip

pip install vibelign

After installation, both vib and vibelign commands are available.

Option 3: Desktop App (GUI)

Download the latest .dmg (macOS, Apple Silicon) or .exe / .msi (Windows) from the Releases page. The GUI bundles the vib runtime — no separate CLI install required.

macOS first-launch: if you see "app is damaged", open Terminal and run xattr -rc vibelign-gui.app (ad-hoc signed, not notarized).

Windows — if vib is not recognized after pip install

When you install with pip on Windows, vib.exe is placed in the Python Scripts folder which may not be in PATH. The pip warning message shows the exact path you need to add:

WARNING: The scripts vib.exe ... are installed in 'C:\Users\...\Scripts' which is not on PATH.

To fix manually:

1. Press Win + R → type sysdm.cpl → Enter
2. Advanced tab → Environment Variables
3. Under System variables, find Path → click Edit
4. Click New and paste the Scripts path shown in the pip warning
   • Example: C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Scripts\
5. Click OK → fully close and reopen PowerShell

Tip: Use uv tool install vibelign to skip this entirely — uv handles PATH automatically.

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📖 Want to Learn More?

vib manual          # Detailed user guide
vib manual rules    # AI development rules only
vib rules           # Same as above

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🎯 Our Promise

"AI coding is fast. But without safety guards, it can destroy what you built."

VibeLign promises:

• ✅ Save in 1 second (vib checkpoint "description")
• ✅ Undo in 1 second (vib undo)
• ✅ No Git knowledge needed
• ✅ Easy for beginners

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⭐ If VibeLign saved your code, a Star would mean a lot — thank you!

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📋 Release Notes

v2.0.0 — Desktop GUI + MCP/Patch Modularization + AI Opt-In:

• 🖥️ VibeLign GUI (macOS / Windows) — Tauri desktop app
  • Doctor page: one-click diagnosis + auto-apply
  • Anchor card: anchor insertion + intent/aliases regeneration (code-based / AI-based, --force overwrites prior AI results)
  • DocsViewer: per-document AI summarization
  • Settings: API key management, global AI opt-in toggle
• 🔌 MCP server refactored — vibelign/mcp/ with dispatch/handlers/tool_specs split
• 🧩 Patch module split — vibelign/patch/ (builder · handoff · preview · targeting · …)
• 🤖 AI opt-in — consent UI removed, single global toggle in Settings; Anthropic / OpenAI / Gemini auto-selected
• ⚡ onedir runtime — PyInstaller onefile → onedir removes GUI cold-start (1–3 s → instant)
• 🏷️ Anchor _source field — anchor_meta.json now tracks code / ai / manual / ai_failed so AI/manual results are protected from code-based regeneration (use --force to override)
• ⚠️ Breaking: vibelign.vib_cli → vibelign.cli.vib_cli; vibelign.mcp_server → vibelign.mcp.mcp_server
• See CHANGELOG.md · MIGRATION_v1_to_v2.md

v1.6.0 — MCP Server + AI Development Rules System:

• vib mcp — MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Claude Desktop integration
• vib start — Auto-register VibeLign MCP for Claude Code and Cursor without overwriting existing Cursor MCP servers
• vib rules — View all AI development rules directly in CLI
• vib manual rules — Detailed rules manual
• Anchor intent system — Store intent information in anchors
• Korean tokenizer — Accurately interpret patch requests in Korean
• AI_DEV_SYSTEM — Added maintainability/function design rules (Section 6-1, 14)
• vib scan bug fix — Fixed missing set_intent attribute

v1.5.32 — Checkpoint & Undo UX Overhaul + AI Config File Protection:

• vib checkpoint — Message prompt support
• vib undo — Number selection + cancel option [0]
• vib history — Second-precision timestamps
• vib start — Beginner onboarding + auto first checkpoint
• vib export — AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, OPENCODE.md, .cursorrules protection

v1.5.0 — Multi-Tool AI Config Export:

• vib export claude — Generate CLAUDE.md for Claude Code
• vib export cursor — Generate .cursorrules for Cursor
• vib export opencode — Generate OPENCODE.md for OpenCode
• vib export antigravity — Generate AGENTS.md for Codex/agents
• Added VibeLign markers to exported files (prevent overwriting)

v1.1.0 — Core Features for Beginners:

• vib init — Initialize/reset VibeLign
• vib start — First-time user guide
• vib checkpoint / vib undo — Save & restore without Git
• vib protect — Lock important files
• vib ask — Generate AI explanation prompts
• vib history — View checkpoint history

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License

MIT