Re: [PATCH 1/4] agents: add unified agent coding assistant configuration

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 10:16:32PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 12:43:52AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 07:37:31PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> > On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 03:57:59PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> > > Create a single source of truth for agent instructions in
>> > > Documentation/AI/main.md with symlinks for all major coding
>> > > agents:
>> > > - CLAUDE.md (Claude Code)
>> > > - .github/copilot-instructions.md (GitHub Copilot)
>> > > - .cursorrules (Cursor)
>> > > - .codeium/instructions.md (Codeium)
>> > > - .continue/context.md (Continue)
>> > > - .windsurfrules (Windsurf)
>> > > - .aider.conf.yml (Aider)
>> >
>> > I *really* don't like this. I use the CLAUDE.md file as my instructions
>> > for my agent. I think all of these should be .gitignore entries.
>>
>> Sorry, I might have misunderstood you: how does it play out if we add
>> these to .gitignore?
>
>Then what claude learns about my workflows and preference can be
>correctly stored in CLAUDE.me (which is how claude is designed to work).
>I would think of it like why we don't ship a debian/ package build tree:
>it's going to be different for everyone. And if you look in .gitignore
>you can already see that /debian/ is there. :) These agent files are for
>developer-specific use, and adding them to .gitignore is the right
>approach (at least for Claude and Gemini). Which reminds me, please
>also include GEMINI.md in your list. :)
>
>> The tool will just end replacing whatever we put in there with something
>> customized that doesn't necessarily correspond to what the community
>> will consider a "standard" set of rules for agents?
>
>Right, and then it will always be a git diff delta and cause pain. For
>the agents that are designed to _write_ to their files, then it needs
>to be in .gitignore.

Okay, I'll update it for v2.

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Thanks,
Sasha