AGENTS.md is an open standard for guiding AI coding agents. It provides a universal, tool-agnostic way to give any AI assistant context about your project, using the same SDK knowledge that powers our Claude Code, Copilot, and Cursor configs, in a format supported by 20+ AI tools.
What is AGENTS.md?
AGENTS.md is a predictable, discoverable file at the repo root that any AI coding agent can find and use. Key properties:
Standard Markdown — no required fields or special syntax
Closest file wins — supports nested files for monorepos
Open standard — stewarded by the Linux Foundation’s Agentic AI Foundation
Widely supported — works with Codex, Gemini CLI, Devin, Windsurf, Jules, Cursor, VS Code, Zed, Aider, and others
It’s complementary to README.md, but where README is for humans, AGENTS.md is for AI agents, providing additional context that might otherwise clutter a README.
Which tools support it?
AGENTS.md is supported by a growing ecosystem of AI coding tools, all of which have support for auto-discover:
OpenAI Codex
Google Gemini CLI
Devin
Windsurf
Jules
Cursor
VS Code (GitHub Copilot)
Zed
Aider
What’s included
The Device Access Toolkit SDK’s AGENTS.md file contains the same knowledge as our other tool configs — SDK architecture, API patterns, setup instructions, testing guides, and debugging tips — but structured for universal agent consumption: