?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview recordProduct feature · interfaces
Project rulesCommon product term
Load persistent or path-scoped instructions from a documented product rule format.
Terminology basis: Common product term. Visual Studio Code — Custom instructions
Project rules: 8 supported, 0 partial, 0 unsupported, 23 unreviewed across 31 cataloged products.
Current evidence by product
Can my agent use Project rules?
Read across for the answer. 8 of 31 current product columns have reviewed evidence; unreviewed does not mean unsupported.
Web
9 products
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview recordDesktop
13 products?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
Y2Supported
Docs checked 2026-08-28Current · 1 condition?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record
Y4Supported
Docs checked 2026-08-28Current record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record
Y8Supported
Docs checked 2026-08-28Current record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview recordY7Supported
Docs checked 2026-08-28Current record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
Y6Supported
Docs checked 2026-08-28Current record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview recordCLI
9 products
Y1Supported
Docs checked 2026-08-28Current record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
Y3Supported
Docs checked 2026-08-28Current record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview recordY5Supported
Docs checked 2026-08-28Current record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview recordDefinition and scope
What this capability means
Load persistent or path-scoped instructions from a documented product rule format.
Support is recorded only when exact, dated evidence covers this behavior.
Traceable compatibility
Assertion ledger
Documentation evidence only. No runtime conformance test is implied.
Claude CLIcli · current
Supported- Target
- current Claude Code memory documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
No additional condition is recorded for this statement.
Evidence
- Anthropic — How Claude remembers your projectdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
Cursordesktop · current
Supported- Target
- current Cursor Rules documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
- host-roleclaim is scoped to Cursor Agent in the desktop workbench
Evidence
- Cursor — Rulesdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
Gemini CLIcli · current
Supported- Target
- current Gemini CLI context-file documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
No additional condition is recorded for this statement.
Evidence
- Google — Provide context with GEMINI.md filesdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
Copilot Chatdesktop · current
Supported- Target
- current VS Code custom-instructions documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
No additional condition is recorded for this statement.
Evidence
- Visual Studio Code — Custom instructionsdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
Copilot CLIcli · current
Supported- Target
- current GitHub Copilot CLI custom-instructions documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
No additional condition is recorded for this statement.
Evidence
- GitHub — Adding custom instructions for Copilot CLIdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
Clinedesktop · current
Supported- Target
- current Cline Rules documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
No additional condition is recorded for this statement.
Evidence
- Cline — Rulesdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
Continuedesktop · current
Supported- Target
- current Continue Rules documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
No additional condition is recorded for this statement.
Evidence
- Continue — Create and manage rulesdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
Windsurfdesktop · current
Supported- Target
- current Windsurf Rules documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
No additional condition is recorded for this statement.
Evidence
- Windsurf — Memories and Rulesdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
- 1. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Claude Code loads persistent CLAUDE.md instructions and recursively discovers unconditional or path-scoped Markdown rules in .claude/rules.
- 2. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Cursor project rules are versioned .mdc files under .cursor/rules with always-on, relevance, glob, or manual activation.
- 3. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Gemini CLI automatically loads hierarchical GEMINI.md context files and discovers more-specific files just in time.
- 4. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: VS Code supports workspace-wide copilot-instructions.md plus path- or task-scoped .instructions.md files.
- 5. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Copilot CLI supports repository-wide copilot-instructions.md and path-specific .instructions.md files.
- 6. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Cline's primary workspace rule format is Markdown or text under .clinerules, with optional paths conditions.
- 7. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Continue loads persistent workspace rules from .continue/rules and supports glob-scoped rule frontmatter.
- 8. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Windsurf loads workspace Markdown rules from .windsurf/rules with always-on, glob, model-decision, or manual activation.
No sourced issues are attached to this row.
- Methodology note
- Visual Studio Code — Custom instructions documented · Microsoft · reviewed 2026-08-28
- Anthropic — How Claude remembers your project documented · Anthropic · reviewed 2026-08-28
- Cursor — Rules documented · Cursor · reviewed 2026-08-28
- Google — Provide context with GEMINI.md files documented · Google · reviewed 2026-08-28
- GitHub — Adding custom instructions for Copilot CLI documented · GitHub · reviewed 2026-08-28
- Cline — Rules documented · Cline · reviewed 2026-08-28
- Continue — Create and manage rules documented · Continue · reviewed 2026-08-28
- Windsurf — Memories and Rules documented · Windsurf · reviewed 2026-08-28
Found a wrong or incomplete result?
Name the exact product, describe what happened, add the date, and link public evidence when available. A community report starts a review. It does not change the support state by itself.