Stage 2 · Lesson 3 of 6
AGENTS.md for mixed teams
is a plain Markdown instructions file at the root of a that many read, so one file can guide everyone whichever tool they use. Cursor and Copilot in VS Code read it directly, including nested AGENTS.md files in subfolders.
reads it when there is no , and otherwise you import it from CLAUDE.md with a line reading @AGENTS.md. On a team where people use different tools, a shared AGENTS.md plus a very small tool-specific file for anything special keeps guidance in one place. On a solo project, just pick one file and keep it accurate.
Common trapkeeping AGENTS.md and a tool-specific file with different, conflicting rules, so each tool follows a different version of the truth.
A question to check yourself, an AI practice session and 1 cheat sheet entry come when you add the roadmap to your account. Add it
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Anthropic · Beginner
The installation, first prompt and CLAUDE.md lessons match this stage