Developer Rules (rules.md)

Why rules.md Matters

AI coding agents frequently hallucinate library methods, disregard architectural boundaries, or invent bad practices.

.athena/rules.md is a developer-owned document where you declare conventions that AI models must follow.

Preservation Guarantee

When you run athena analyze or athena sync, Athena will never alter or overwrite rules.md.

You can inspect or update rules directly in your text editor or via:

athena rules