Agents

LLM-powered coding and shell assistants that use tools to help with development tasks.

Context Files

Agents use standardized context file paths for providing additional context and rules:

See specification of AGENTS.md files.

• ~/.config/AGENTS.md - Global (user) agent context file
• AGENTS.md - Local (project) agent configuration. It admits nesting files for subdirectories.

MCP Servers

Several Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers are configured to enhance coding assistants capabilities:

Name	Type	Protocol	API Key	Description
Context7	remote	http	CONTEXT7_API_KEY	Up-to-date, version-specific documentation and code examples directly from source repositories
Mise MCP	local	stdio	-	Exposes mise-managed development environment information

Skills

Context7

Use ctx7 (Context7 Skills) to manage agents skills for the different agentic assistants:

• ctx7 skills install
• ctx7 skills search
• ctx7 skills generate: Generate skills with the help of AI (requires ctx7 login)

Most assistant tools are compatible with Claude's path for storing skills, ~/.claude/skills/, so my convention is to install them there.

Skills by Vercel

Similarly, skills lets you manage skills across many agentic assistants.

Amp

Amp is an LLM coding agent with built-in support for context files.

Configuration

• Settings: ~/.config/amp/settings.json
• Context Support: Built-in support for AGENTS.md files and @ file prefix syntax to read other files

Context File Usage

Amp reads context through:

1. Local AGENTS.md file in project root
2. Global ~/.config/AGENTS.md file
3. Subdir AGENTS.md files in path of files referenced in thread.
4. Referenced files using @ syntax.

Reference: Amp Manual - AGENTS.md

Amp

Amp is an LLM coding agent with built-in support for context files.

Configuration

• Settings: ~/.config/amp/settings.json
• Context Support: Built-in support for AGENTS.md files and @ file prefix syntax to read other files

Context File Usage

Amp reads context through:

1. Local AGENTS.md file in project root
2. Global ~/.config/AGENTS.md file
3. Subdir AGENTS.md files in path of files referenced in thread.
4. Referenced files using @ syntax.

Reference: Amp Manual - AGENTS.md

Free Mode

Amp offers a free tier that can be activated with /mode free.

Amazon Q Developer

References:

• Primary documentation
• Technical documentation

AZQ is AWS's LLM coding agent with CLI interface.

Configuration

• Global Context: ~/.aws/amazonq/global_context.json - defines the standardized context file paths.
• Profiles: ~/.aws/amazonq/profiles/
• MCP Config: ~/.aws/amazonq/mcp.json

Claude Code

Claude Code is Anthropic's official CLI coding agent.

Configuration

• User Settings: ~/.claude/settings.json - defines MCP servers and user preferences
• User Context: ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md - global (user) context file
• Project Settings: .claude/settings.json - project-specific configuration
• Project Context: .claude/CLAUDE.md - local (project) context file

Context File Usage

Claude Code reads context through:

1. Global ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md file
2. Local .claude/CLAUDE.md file in project root
3. Referenced files using @ syntax

Note: While Claude Code uses CLAUDE.md as its native context file format, it can reference the standardized AGENTS.md files by including @~/.config/AGENTS.md or @AGENTS.md in the respective CLAUDE.md files.

Reference: Claude Code Settings

MCP Server Configuration

MCP servers are configured through the mcp key in settings.json or via the claude mcp add command. The following MCP servers are pre-configured:

• Context7: Remote HTTP server for up-to-date documentation
• Mise: Local stdio server exposing mise environment information