tribal setup-agents

Writes a TribalMind usage snippet into agent instruction files (e.g., CLAUDE.md, .cursorrules) so your AI coding agents automatically recall and remember knowledge.

Each agent provider receives a tailored prompt — for example, Claude Code is told to use TribalMind alongside its native memory, while other providers are told TribalMind is their memory system.

Usage

tribal setup-agents [OPTIONS]

Options

Option	Description
--agent, -a	Agent config file to generate (can be repeated)
--all	Generate snippets for all supported agents
--project-root, -p	Project root path (defaults to git root or CWD)
--list, -l	List supported agent config files and exit

Supported agents

File	Agent	Snippet type
CLAUDE.md	Claude Code (root)	Claude-specific (dual-save)
.claude/CLAUDE.md	Claude Code (repo-scoped)	Claude-specific (dual-save)
AGENTS.md	Cross-agent standard	Default
.cursorrules	Cursor (legacy)	Default
.cursor/rules/tribalmind.md	Cursor (project rules)	Default
.windsurfrules	Windsurf	Default
.github/copilot-instructions.md	GitHub Copilot	Default

Examples

# Auto-detect existing files or prompt for selection
tribal setup-agents

# Just Claude Code
tribal setup-agents -a CLAUDE.md

# Multiple agents
tribal setup-agents -a CLAUDE.md -a .cursorrules

# All supported agents
tribal setup-agents --all

# Show what's supported
tribal setup-agents --list

How it works

1. Detects which agent config files already exist in your project (or prompts you to choose)
2. Generates a provider-specific snippet with instructions for tribal recall and tribal remember
3. Appends the snippet to each selected file (or creates the file if it doesn’t exist)

After setup, your agents will:

• Recall knowledge when investigating issues or debugging
• Remember knowledge when they discover gotchas, fixes, or important context

See also

• Agent Integration guide — detailed walkthrough for each provider