Existing AI Config Files

How Aspect Code works with your existing AI instruction files.

Supported files

Aspect Code automatically detects and reads these existing AI configuration files:

File	Tool
`.cursorrules`	Cursor
`CLAUDE.md`	Claude Code
`.windsurfrules`	Windsurf
`GEMINI.md`	Gemini
`CONVENTIONS.md`	Various
`.github/copilot-instructions.md`	GitHub Copilot

When these files exist, Aspect Code reads their content and ensures the generated AGENTS.md complements rather than duplicates what's already there.

Aspect Code parses your existing instruction files to understand what rules and conventions you've already documented. The generated AGENTS.md then:

Skips rules that are already covered in your existing files

Adds architecture-level insights that your existing files don't cover (hub modules, blast radius, co-edit clusters)

References your existing files so AI assistants know to read them too

This means you can adopt Aspect Code without rewriting or abandoning your existing setup.