// Use when creating or updating AGENTS.md files, .github/copilot-instructions.md, or other AI agent rule files, onboarding AI agents to a project, standardizing agent documentation, or when anyone mentions AGENTS.md, agent rules, project onboarding, or codebase documentation for AI agents.
| name | agent-rules |
| description | Use when creating or updating AGENTS.md files, .github/copilot-instructions.md, or other AI agent rule files, onboarding AI agents to a project, standardizing agent documentation, or when anyone mentions AGENTS.md, agent rules, project onboarding, or codebase documentation for AI agents. |
| license | (MIT AND CC-BY-SA-4.0). See LICENSE-MIT and LICENSE-CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
| compatibility | Requires bash 4.3+, jq 1.5+, git 2.0+. |
| metadata | {"author":"Netresearch DTT GmbH","version":"3.7.0","repository":"https://github.com/netresearch/agent-rules-skill"} |
| allowed-tools | Bash(git:*) Bash(jq:*) Bash(grep:*) Bash(find:*) Bash(bash:*) Read Glob Grep |
Generate and maintain AGENTS.md files following the agents.md convention. AGENTS.md is FOR AGENTS, not humans.
| Script | Purpose |
|---|---|
scripts/generate-agents.sh PATH | Generate AGENTS.md files |
scripts/validate-structure.sh PATH | Validate structure compliance |
scripts/check-freshness.sh PATH | Check if files are outdated |
scripts/verify-content.sh PATH | Verify documented files/commands match codebase |
scripts/verify-commands.sh PATH | Verify documented commands execute |
scripts/detect-project.sh PATH | Detect language, version, build tools |
scripts/detect-scopes.sh PATH | Identify directories needing scoped files |
scripts/extract-commands.sh PATH | Extract commands from build configs |
scripts/extract-ci-rules.sh PATH | Extract CI quality gates and version matrix |
scripts/extract-architecture-rules.sh PATH | Extract module boundaries |
scripts/extract-adrs.sh PATH | Extract architectural decision records |
scripts/extract-github-rulesets.sh PATH | Extract GitHub rulesets and merge rules |
See references/scripts-guide.md for full options.
detect-project.sh + detect-scopes.sh to identify stacks and subsystemsextract-commands.sh, extract-ci-rules.sh, etc. to gather factsgenerate-agents.sh with --style=thin (default) or --verboseverify-content.sh + verify-commands.sh -- MANDATORY before doneUse --update to preserve human-curated content outside <!-- GENERATED --> markers.
ai-tool-compatibility.md)| File | Contents |
|---|---|
verification-guide.md | Verification steps, design principles |
scripts-guide.md | Script options, validation checklist |
ai-tool-compatibility.md | 16-agent compatibility matrix |
output-structure.md | Root/scoped sections |
git-hooks-setup.md | Hook framework detection and setup |
examples/ | Complete examples |
Root: assets/root-thin.md (default), root-verbose.md. Scoped: assets/scoped/ -- backend-go.md, backend-php.md, python-modern.md, typo3.md, symfony.md, skill-repo.md, cli.md, frontend-typescript.md, oro.md.
Go, PHP (Composer/Laravel/Symfony/TYPO3/Oro), TypeScript (React/Next/Vue/Node), Python (pip/poetry/ruff/mypy), Skill repos, Hybrid (multi-stack with auto-scoping).