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The pieces of context you give AI
AGENTS.md sets project rules, Rules handle local scope, MCP adds external capabilities, and Skills hold know-how loaded on demand.
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AGENTS.md, MCP, Skills, and Rules: set rules for AI and extend what it can do.
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AGENTS.md
A README for AI coding agents. One Markdown file in the repository root that almost every tool reads.
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Rules
Tool-specific rules that apply only to certain folders or file types, covering local conventions that do not belong in AGENTS.md.
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MCP
The Model Context Protocol connects external capabilities such as browsers, databases, and docs search to any AI tool that supports it, through one interface.
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Skills
Package how to do a kind of task as a folder. The agent remembers only its name and description until a task calls for the full text.