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Why Coding Agent Configurations Do Not Travel Well

Switching coding assistants often reveals how little project setup actually transfers between tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. Standards like AGENTS.md, Agent Skills, and the Agent Plugins 1.0 specification provide common filenames and discovery rules, but client execution models remain stubbornly distinct. A look at why shared Markdown instructions still produce behavioral drift, how discovery hierarchies differ across tools, and why identical skills can behave unpredictably depending on the harness running them. Key sources: • AGENTS.md official spec site ; 60k+ projects, Linux Foundation stewardship, Gemini CLI and Aider config snippets. — https://agents.md/ • Agent Skills open standard ; format, progressive disclosure, Anthropic origin. — https://agentskills.io/ • Agent Plugins 1.0.0 ; portable package layout, TSC membership, design rationale. — https://agent-plugins.org/ Episode 6284 — myweirdprompts.com/n/6284 (permanent short link: myweirdprompts.com/963517)

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Switching coding assistants often reveals how little project setup actually transfers between tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. Standards like AGENTS.md, Agent Skills, and the Agent Plugins 1.0 specification provide common filenames and discovery rules, but client execution models remain stubbornly distinct. A look at why shared Markdown instructions still produce behavioral drift, how discovery hierarchies differ across tools, and why identical skills can behave unpredictably depending on the harness running them.

Key sources:
• AGENTS.md official spec site ; 60k+ projects, Linux Foundation stewardship, Gemini CLI and Aider config snippets. — https://agents.md/
• Agent Skills open standard ; format, progressive disclosure, Anthropic origin. — https://agentskills.io/
• Agent Plugins 1.0.0 ; portable package layout, TSC membership, design rationale. — https://agent-plugins.org/

Episode 6284 — myweirdprompts.com/n/6284 (permanent short link: myweirdprompts.com/963517)

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