Zphil.LoadBearing.Cli 0.1.0

.NET 10.0 This package targets .NET 10.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
{
  "servers": {
    "Zphil.LoadBearing.Cli": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": ["Zphil.LoadBearing.Cli@0.1.0", "--yes", "--", "mcp"]
    }
  }
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This package contains an MCP Server. The server can be used in VS Code by copying the generated JSON to your VS Code workspace's .vscode/mcp.json settings file. 
dotnet tool install --global Zphil.LoadBearing.Cli --version 0.1.0
This package contains a .NET tool you can call from the shell/command line. 
dotnet new tool-manifest
                    


                            if you are setting up this repo
                        

                    

                
dotnet tool install --local Zphil.LoadBearing.Cli --version 0.1.0
This package contains a .NET tool you can call from the shell/command line. 
#tool dotnet:?package=Zphil.LoadBearing.Cli&version=0.1.0
                    


                    

                
nuke :add-package Zphil.LoadBearing.Cli --version 0.1.0

LoadBearing

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LoadBearing is a .NET tool where a fluent C# architecture spec is a single source of truth that both:

  1. Enforces architecture rules deterministically: in CI, at the command line, and inside AI coding-agent feedback loops; and
  2. Generates agent context (a managed block in AGENTS.md, scoped per-directory rules, and MCP query tools), so the rules AI agents read are provably the rules the build enforces.

Every rule carries a posture: Enforce for the law, Migrate for ratcheted tech debt with a grandfathered baseline, Freeze for "here be dragons" code that must be contained rather than touched. The spec describes the code as it actually is, and the enforcement half keeps that description current.

Status

Pre-alpha, under construction. The reified model, the fluent builder, Roslyn extraction, and the CLI verbs listed below are in place. All three postures evaluate: Enforce law, ratcheted Migrate baselines, and Freeze containment with a diff-aware --diff-base tripwire. The agent-facing shells over that CLI core exist too. loadbearing mcp serves arch_check, arch_status, arch_explain, arch_context, and arch_graph with output identical to the CLI by construction, plus a derive_spec prompt that walks an agent through proposing a spec for a legacy codebase. The xUnit adapter runs the same rules as tests. This repo's own AGENTS.md block is generated by loadbearing render and kept current by a self-spec test: the thesis, dogfooded.

Installing

The CLI ships as a .NET global tool (requires the .NET 10 runtime or later):

dotnet tool install -g Zphil.LoadBearing.Cli
loadbearing check MyApp.sln

The command is loadbearing. Four lockstep-versioned packages make up a release:

Package What it is
Zphil.LoadBearing.Cli The loadbearing global tool: check, render, explain, status, graph, baseline, and the MCP server (loadbearing mcp).
Zphil.LoadBearing The spec contract (netstandard2.0, zero dependencies); the one package a spec project references.
Zphil.LoadBearing.Xunit The xUnit adapter: every rule as an individually named test.
Zphil.LoadBearing.Roslyn Extraction/workspace infrastructure; a dependency of the above, not for direct reference.

MCP clients can also launch the server straight from nuget.org without a global install: dnx Zphil.LoadBearing.Cli -- mcp <solution> (how MCP-registry clients run it; note the mcp subcommand).

Building

dotnet build Zphil.LoadBearing.slnx
dotnet test Zphil.LoadBearing.slnx

License

MIT

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net10.0 is compatible.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
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Version Downloads Last Updated
0.1.0 87 7/14/2026