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template structures in inventory-doc-template.md and root-agents-template.md to
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How To Link Root AGENTS.md And agent-docs

Preferred Patterns

Root -> Topic Docs

Use when the repository has a small set of clearly separate instruction topics.

# Required `agent-docs` Before Editing

- Read and follow `agent-docs/topic-a.md` when ...
- Read and follow `agent-docs/topic-b.md` when ...

Root -> Project Doc -> Leaf Docs

Use when one project-specific document should explicitly reference several closely related leaf docs.

AGENTS.md
  -> agent-docs/project-guidelines.md
      -> agent-docs/topic-a.md
      -> agent-docs/topic-b.md

Use this only when the intermediate layer reduces ambiguity or repeated cross-reference text.

Root -> Subproject agent-docs/

Use in monorepos when a subproject has its own scoped instruction set.

AGENTS.md
  -> apps/docs/agent-docs/project-guidelines.md
  -> services/api/agent-docs/backend-guidelines.md

Common rules stay in the root AGENTS.md. Subproject-specific rules stay near the subproject they govern.

Anti-Patterns

  • Root file linking to every leaf doc in a large tree without grouping
  • Child docs that are never reachable from the root
  • Topic-specific rules stored in the root file without a reference reason
  • Extra index files that only restate links without adding scope or decision logic
  • Moving rules out of the root file without leaving an explicit reference to the new child file
  • Keeping monorepo-wide and subproject-specific constraints mixed together in the same root section when they can be separated cleanly

Explicit Reference Rule

Parent documents should point to the child documents that refine them.

If a child document exists and is active, there must be an explicit reference path from the root AGENTS.md to that document.

The root AGENTS.md should list only the next agent-docs documents that are actually needed. Do not add unnecessary next-step links just for completeness.