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 *Note: If you included the sets manually before, remove those `includes:` lines - PHPStan reports duplicated includes.*
 
+*Tip: Prefer the group toggles above (`true`/`false`) over registering individual rules by class. Groups are the stable public API; specific rules get added or removed based on real-world testing, so a hard-coded rule list can break on upgrade. The exception is configurable rules, which you wire up explicitly on purpose.*
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 ### Symfony/Laravel container `->get()`/`->make()` return type extensions