AI Agent Configuration Standard
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An AI Agent Configuration Standard is a configuration standard that defines universal formats for AI coding assistant setup.
- AKA: AGENT.md, Agent Config Format, Universal Agent Setup, Agent Instructions Standard.
- Context:
- It can typically specify configuration syntax through markdown structures or JSON schemas with validation rules.
- It can typically enable tool portability by replacing vendor-specific files like .cursorrules, .windsurfrules, and CLAUDE.md.
- It can typically support configuration inheritance through hierarchical structures allowing base configurations and overrides.
- It can typically facilitate configuration validation through schema compliance checks and syntax verification.
- It can typically provide backward compatibility with legacy formats through translation layers.
- It can often include metadata sections for version information, capability declarations, and tool requirements.
- It can often support modular composition through configuration fragments that can be merged or included.
- It can often enable context preservation across tool switches and session restarts.
- It can range from being a Minimal AI Agent Configuration Standard to being a Comprehensive AI Agent Configuration Standard, depending on its feature coverage.
- It can range from being a Human-Readable AI Agent Configuration Standard to being a Machine-Optimized AI Agent Configuration Standard, depending on its format priority.
- It can range from being a Flat AI Agent Configuration Standard to being a Nested AI Agent Configuration Standard, depending on its structure depth.
- It can range from being a Tool-Specific AI Agent Configuration Standard to being a Universal AI Agent Configuration Standard, depending on its compatibility scope.
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- Examples:
- Markdown-Based AI Agent Configuration Standards, such as:
- Structured AI Agent Configuration Standards, such as:
- agent.json, offering machine-parseable configurations.
- .agentrc, supporting runtime configuration options.
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- Counter-Examples:
- CLAUDE.md, which is vendor-specific to Claude Code.
- .cursorrules, which only works with Cursor IDE.
- Hard-Coded Configuration, which lacks external configurability.
- See: CLI Agent Template Framework, Agent Configuration Migration Task, Cross-Tool Agent Compatibility System, Configuration File Format, Software Configuration Management, Development Tool Interoperability, Universal Format Specification.