Transform Rules MCP Server

A Rust CLI and library to transform CSV/JSON data into JSON using declarative YAML rules. Ideal for normalizing API responses, converting between data formats, and building consistent data pipelines.

Features

• Input formats: CSV and JSON with nested record extraction
• Rule-based mapping: Declarative YAML rules with static validation
• Expressions (v2 pipe syntax): trim/lowercase/uppercase/concat, add/multiply, coalesce, lookup/lookup_first, plus let/if/map steps
• Lookups: Array lookups from external context data (lookup, lookup_first)
• Conditions: Conditional mapping with comparisons, regex, and logical ops
• DTO generation: Generate type definitions for Rust, TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, Kotlin, Swift
• UI/API server: Serve the UI and /api/* locally (defined by YAML)
• MCP server: Available as a Model Context Protocol server for AI assistants

Installation

Choose the section that matches your use case.

CLI (most users)

The command-line tool for transforming data and generating DTOs. This does not include the UI/API server (use rulemorph-server if needed).

Homebrew (recommended):

brew install vinhphatfsg/tap/rulemorph

Prebuilt binaries (GitHub Releases):

• macOS (Apple Silicon): rulemorph-<TAG>-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
• macOS (Intel): rulemorph-<TAG>-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
• Linux (x86_64): rulemorph-<TAG>-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
• Windows (x86_64): rulemorph-<TAG>-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip

From source:

cargo build -p rulemorph_cli --release
./target/release/rulemorph --help

UI / API Server

A web UI and server that exposes /api/* defined by YAML rules. The UI is embedded in the binary, and you can override it with --ui-dir.

Homebrew (recommended):

brew install vinhphatfsg/tap/rulemorph-server

Prebuilt binaries (GitHub Releases):

• rulemorph-server-<TAG>-<TARGET>.tar.gz / .zip

From source:

cargo run -p rulemorph_server -- --help

Example with a rules directory:

rulemorph-server --rules-dir ./api_rules --api-mode rules

For full startup steps, see UI Server Guide.

MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server for AI assistant integration (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, etc.).

Prebuilt binaries (GitHub Releases):

• rulemorph-mcp-<TAG>-<TARGET>.tar.gz / .zip

From source:

cargo run -p rulemorph_mcp -- --help

See MCP Server section for usage.

Rust Library

Embed Rulemorph in your Rust application.

Add to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
rulemorph = "0.2.1"

Quick Start

Transform user data from an external API response to your schema:

rules.yaml

version: 2
input:
  format: json
  json:
    records_path: "users"
mappings:
  - target: "id"
    source: "user_id"
  - target: "name"
    expr: ["@input.full_name", trim]
  - target: "email"
    expr: ["@input.username", concat: ["lit:@example.com"]]

input.json

{ "users": [{ "user_id": 1, "full_name": "Alice", "username": "alice" }] }

Run

rulemorph transform -r rules.yaml -i input.json

Output

[{ "id": 1, "name": "Alice", "email": "alice@example.com" }]

Rule Structure

Note: version: 2 is recommended. Version 1 syntax is deprecated.

version: 2
input:
  format: json|csv
  json:
    records_path: "path.to.array"  # Optional
mappings:
  - target: "output.field"
    source: "input.field"    # OR value: <literal> OR expr: <pipe>
    type: string|int|float|bool
    when:
      eq: ["@input.status", "active"]  # Optional condition

Note: v2 condition comparisons are type-sensitive ("1" != 1). Ordering (gt/gte/lt/lte) compares numerically when possible, otherwise compares strings lexicographically.

For the full rule specification, see Rule Specification.

DTO Generation

Generate type definitions from your rules:

rulemorph generate -r rules.yaml -l typescript

Output:

export interface Record {
  id: number;
  name: string;
  email: string;
}

Supported languages: rust, typescript, python, go, java, kotlin, swift

Library Usage (Rust)

use rulemorph::{parse_rule_file, transform};

let rule = parse_rule_file(&std::fs::read_to_string("rules.yaml")?)?;
let input = std::fs::read_to_string("input.json")?;

// Basic transformation
let output = transform(&rule, &input, None)?;

// With context data (for lookups and external references)
let context = serde_json::json!({ "rates": [{"code": "USD", "rate": 1.0}] });
let output = transform(&rule, &input, Some(&context))?;

MCP Server

Rulemorph provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for AI assistant integration.

Available tools:

• transform - Execute data transformation
• validate_rules - Validate YAML rules
• generate_dto - Generate type definitions
• analyze_input - Summarize input data structure

Setup with Claude Code:

claude mcp add rulemorph -- rulemorph-mcp

Setup with Claude Desktop:

Add to your Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rulemorph": {
      "command": "rulemorph-mcp"
    }
  }
}

UI / API Server Configuration

The server supports two modes:

Mode	Description
--api-mode rules	UI + custom APIs defined by YAML rules (default)
--api-mode ui-only	UI only, no custom APIs

Options:

• --no-ui - Disable the UI, serve only custom APIs
• --data-dir <path> - Data directory (default: ./.rulemorph)
• --rules-dir <path> - API rules directory (default: ./.rulemorph/api_rules)

Running the server:

# Release binary
rulemorph-server

# Development
cargo run -p rulemorph_server

See UI Server Guide for full setup instructions.

Documentation

Rule Specification:

• English | 日本語

UI Server Guide:

• English | 日本語

UI Data Directory:

• English | 日本語