linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] agents: add unified agent coding assistant configuration

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Message-ID: <2025081040-armchair-although-8bf1@gregkh>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2025 09:01:00 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc: corbet@....net, josh@...htriplett.org, kees@...nel.org,
	konstantin@...uxfoundation.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	workflows@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] agents: add unified agent coding assistant
 configuration

On Sat, Aug 09, 2025 at 07:40:08PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> Create a single source of truth for agent instructions 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)
> - GEMINI.md (Gemini)

Having these non-dot-files in the root directory for just specific
closed source tools feels a bit wrong to me.  I thought all of these
tools were standardizing on "use README" and didn't need these extra
helpers?  The fact that most of them just contain README seems like
that's the case, they just need to work it out somehow?

Anyway, I'd not like this patch to be added (patch 1/2 is great), as it
feels like these agents need to get their act together in ways to not
need these, we shouldn't be forced to deal with their inefficiencies.

thanks,

greg k-h