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What is AIS?

AI Rules Sync (AIS) is a CLI tool for synchronizing, managing, and sharing AI agent rules across projects and teams.

The Problem

Modern AI coding assistants (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, etc.) use project-level configuration files to customize their behavior. Teams often:

  • Copy-paste rule files between projects
  • Lose sync when rules are updated
  • Lack consistency across team members and projects
  • Can't share rules easily between teams

The Solution

AIS manages your rules in Git repositories and syncs them to projects via symbolic links. This means:

  • Single source of truth — edit once, update everywhere
  • Version controlled — track changes with Git
  • Team sharing — share via Git repositories
  • Multi-tool support — one workflow for Cursor, Copilot, Claude, and more

Supported Tools

AIS supports a wide range of AI coding tools:

ToolTypeModeDefault Source DirectoryFile SuffixesDocumentation
CursorRuleshybrid.cursor/rules/.mdc, .mdDocs
CursorCommandsfile.cursor/commands/.mdDocs
CursorSkillsdirectory.cursor/skills/-Docs
CursorSubagentsdirectory.cursor/agents/-Docs
GitHub CopilotInstructionsfile.github/instructions/.instructions.md, .mdDocs
GitHub CopilotPromptsfile.github/prompts/.prompt.md, .mdDocs
GitHub CopilotSkillsdirectory.github/skills/-Docs
GitHub CopilotAgentsfile.github/agents/.agent.md, .mdDocs
Claude CodeRulesfile.claude/rules/.mdDocs
Claude CodeSkillsdirectory.claude/skills/-Docs
Claude CodeSubagentsdirectory.claude/agents/-Docs
Claude CodeCLAUDE.mdfile.claude/.mdDocs
TraeRulesfile.trae/rules/.mdDocs
TraeSkillsdirectory.trae/skills/-Docs
OpenCodeCommandsfile.opencode/commands/.mdDocs
OpenCodeSkillsdirectory.opencode/skills/-Docs
OpenCodeAgentsfile.opencode/agents/.mdDocs
OpenCodeToolsfile.opencode/tools/.ts, .jsDocs
CodexRulesfile.codex/rules/.rulesDocs
CodexSkillsdirectory.agents/skills/-Docs
CodexAGENTS.mdfile.codex/.mdDocs
Gemini CLICommandsfile.gemini/commands/.tomlDocs
Gemini CLISkillsdirectory.gemini/skills/-Docs
Gemini CLIAgentsfile.gemini/agents/.mdDocs
Gemini CLIGEMINI.mdfile.gemini/.mdWebsite
WarpRulesfile. (root).mdDocs
WarpSkillsdirectory.agents/skills/-Docs
WindsurfRulesfile.windsurf/rules/.mdDocs
WindsurfSkillsdirectory.windsurf/skills/-Docs
ClineRulesfile.clinerules/.md, .txtDocs
ClineSkillsdirectory.cline/skills/-Docs
UniversalAGENTS.mdfile. (root).mdStandard

Modes

  • directory — Links entire directories (skills, agents)
  • file — Links individual files with automatic suffix resolution
  • hybrid — Links both files and directories (e.g., Cursor rules)

How It Works

AIS manages rules at two scopes via symbolic links:

Released under the Unlicense.