Glossary term
Glossary term
Agentic Systems
A repository or workspace file giving coding agents project-specific instructions and constraints.
Cursor AI's .cursorrules file (now migrated to AGENTS.md) is used by thousands of teams to embed project-specific coding standards, eliminating the need to repeat instructions each session.
Replit's AI uses agent instruction files to store project-specific context (tech stack, dependencies, deployment target) so the coding agent generates correct code for Node.js vs Python vs Go projects.
A regulated financial institution's coding agent instruction file mandates: 'All database queries must use parameterised statements', 'No direct AWS SDK calls - use the internal infra wrapper', 'All changes require two-step review'.