agent: Support `AGENT.md` and `AGENTS.md` as rules file names (#31998)
Danilo Leal
created
These started to be used more recently, so we should also support them.
Release Notes:
- agent: Added support for `AGENT.md` and `AGENTS.md` as rules file
names.
@@ -5,8 +5,17 @@ Currently, Zed supports `.rules` files at the directory's root and the Rules Lib
## `.rules` files
-Zed supports including `.rules` files at the top level of worktrees, and act as project-level instructions you'd like to have included in all of your interactions with the Agent Panel.-Other names for this file are also supported—the first file which matches in this list will be used: `.rules`, `.cursorrules`, `.windsurfrules`, `.clinerules`, `.github/copilot-instructions.md`, or `CLAUDE.md`.
+Zed supports including `.rules` files at the top level of worktrees, and act as project-level instructions that are included in all of your interactions with the Agent Panel.
+Other names for this file are also supported for compatibility with other agents, but note that the first file which matches in this list will be used:
+
+- `.rules`
+- `.cursorrules`
+- `.windsurfrules`
+- `.clinerules`
+- `.github/copilot-instructions.md`
+- `AGENT.md`
+- `AGENTS.md`
+- `CLAUDE.md`
## Rules Library {#rules-library}