AI Agent Setup: Isolating Global and Project-Level Instructions Across Three Directories
brandon_galang · x · 2026-08-14
The author shares a workflow for optimizing AI agent setups by maintaining instructions in three distinct zones: root (global), /Documents, and the team's monorepo (/gtm).
By pointing CLAUDE.md to AGENTS.md in each zone, developers can cleanly separate universally valuable skills, general agent skills, and coding-centric skills.
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