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Summary

Follows moq-dev/moq#7754, now merged; this PR targets main. Makes the repo rely on quest context from moq-dev/quest#457 instead of keeping its own copy of the generic agent rules.

  • Bumps the quest flake input to moq-dev/quest@9277dc3, the merge of Some initally AI generated documentation. #457. The input is pinned by rev in flake.nix, so the rev is updated there and flake.lock relocked.
  • Cuts root AGENTS.md down to the moq-specific rules. Every rule it drops is already covered by quest context (Required, Important, Guidelines, Public API, Prompting) or by quest guide (Workspace .tmp/ scratch, recommendations and interactive questions, AI comments as suggestions, backing out when stuck). It now tells agents to run quest context along with quest guide.
  • One dropped rule was moq-specific and is kept: quest context only says "Return a handle", so AGENTS.md keeps "Replace a callback parameter with a handle, an event, or a Producer/Consumer split."
  • Updates doc/setup/repository.md, which still described the root AGENTS.md's cross-package table that docs(agents): trim AGENTS.md files to the rules that steer agents #7754 replaced with a Cross-Package Sync section.
  • Deletes PROMPTING.md. .claude/rules/prompting.md, REVIEW.md, and doc/setup/agent.md now point to Prompting in quest context. No tracked file mentions PROMPTING.md anymore (git grep -i prompting.md is empty).

Note: the draft starts the quest context line with "Quests:". The shared rules apply to every task, not just quest work, so an agent could read that line as quest-only and skip them. Worth deciding whether to reword it before merge.

Impact

Docs and tooling only. No public API or wire change.

Validation

  • nix develop --command quest context prints the same text as assets/CONTEXT.md at 9277dc34.
  • nix develop --command quest gate just check exits 0. Every check passed, except check flake, which skipped itself because the local Nix builder cannot create user namespaces. That is a limit of this host, not something this PR introduced, so CI covers the flake build. The dev shell still built the bumped quest.

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Update for moq-dev/quest#460

moq-dev/quest#460 made quest context the command agents run before any work, and quest guide quest-only (the context says when to run it). This push changes the AGENTS.md reference line to Quests: before any work, run `quest context` and follow it., repoints CONTRIBUTING.md references to the moved Reviews rules, and bumps quest to 4be350816f2a5c1157f799773ee1594f199fd9a7. The repository's checks pass on the new head. The full just check failed only test rs, on moq-gst source::imp::session_tests::restarts_under_reconnects_interleave_on_one_pad, while seven repositories' checks ran at once on this host; it passed 5 of 5 isolated runs, and this docs-only change cannot reach it. Suggested follow-up: investigate that test's load sensitivity.

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kixelated and others added 2 commits November 3, 2026 12:43
Every AGENTS.md loads into agent context, so keep only what an agent
can't learn from the code: drop repository descriptions, tooling details
enforced elsewhere, and duplicated rules. Also rewrites the root rules
into Required/Important/Guidelines tiers.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Bump the quest flake input to moq-dev/quest@9277dc34, which adds
`quest context`: the shared engineering rules plus a Prompting section.
Trim AGENTS.md to the moq-specific rules, delete PROMPTING.md, and point
the prompting rule, REVIEW.md, and doc/setup/agent.md at Prompting in
`quest context`.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Reviewed head: c74d0e8 against base c23968d.

No actionable findings. I compared the removed rules with the pinned quest context and guide, checked the retained MoQ-specific requirements and flake pin, and considered the Quests: wording already noted in the PR. The following instruction says “before starting work”; making its universal scope explicit would still remove the ambiguity noted there.

Verification: GitHub source review only; I did not run Nix, the CLI, or the checks. The PR's check results are author-reported, including its flake-check limitation.

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Important

quest context now carries every generic rule this PR drops from AGENTS.md, but the instruction to run it is prefixed with Quests:, so a non-quest task can reasonably skip it and lose those rules. One dropped rule also has no upstream counterpart despite the PR body's coverage claim.

Reviewed changes

  • Quest flake bump: moves the quest input to 9277dc34 (moq-dev/quest#457) in flake.nix and relocks flake.lock.
  • AGENTS.md trimmed: removes rules now expected from quest context / quest guide; keeps the MoQ-specific handle/event/Producer-Consumer rule and the MIGRATE note line.
  • PROMPTING.md deleted: .claude/rules/prompting.md, REVIEW.md, and doc/setup/agent.md now point at Prompting in quest context. No tracked file references PROMPTING.md (git grep clean).

I checked the removed rules against assets/CONTEXT.md and assets/AGENTS.md (the guide) at the pinned 9277dc34: all but one have a counterpart there.

ℹ️ Match existing conventions is dropped without a replacement

AGENTS.md removes "Match existing conventions, patterns, and naming, including across languages", but neither assets/CONTEXT.md nor assets/AGENTS.md at 9277dc34 contains it, so unlike the other dropped rules it no longer reaches agents at all. Either keep it in AGENTS.md or add it upstream to quest context.

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# Dropped rule with no upstream coverage

## Affected sites
- `AGENTS.md` — removed line `- Match existing conventions, patterns, and naming, including across languages.` (old line 36)
- `assets/CONTEXT.md` @ `9277dc34` — no equivalent entry
- `assets/AGENTS.md` @ `9277dc34` (quest guide) — no equivalent entry
- Nested `js/AGENTS.md` / `rs/AGENTS.md` carry language-specific `# Conventions` sections, not this generic rule

## Required outcome
- The rule keeps reaching agents: either retain it in `AGENTS.md`, or land it upstream in `quest context` before dropping it here.

## Suggested approach
- Reinstate it under `# Required` or `# Guidelines` in `AGENTS.md`; it is short and cross-language.

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Comment thread AGENTS.md Resolved
quest#460 moved the rules every task needs into `quest context`; `quest guide` is now only for quest work, and the context says when to run it.

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Reviewed head: dd7bedf

The new quest pin moves the shared workspace, questions, pull-request and review guidance from the guide into quest context, which now directs quest work to quest guide. The CONTRIBUTING reference follows that move. No new actionable finding in this update.

The previously noted Quests: prefix remains even though the sentence now says “before any work”; the separate reviewer’s missing-conventions concern is also unchanged. The PR summary and validation still name the earlier quest revision, so please refresh those details for this head.

Verification: Static GitHub-only comparison with the newly pinned quest sources; I did not run Nix, the CLI or the repository checks.

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✅ No new issues found.

Reviewed changes

Changes since the prior pullfrog review at c74d0e8:

  • Quest pin bumped to 4be35081: moves the quest flake input to the merge of moq-dev/quest#460, which makes quest context the command to run before any work and scopes quest guide to quest work, then relocks flake.lock.
  • AGENTS.md pointer reworded: now reads Quests: before any work, run `quest context` and follow it., dropping quest guide from the universal pointer since the context says when to run it.
  • CONTRIBUTING.md reference repointed: quest guide's rules for untrusted heads and review exemptions became quest context's, matching the Reviews section quest#460 moved into the context.

I verified the pinned assets/CONTEXT.md carries the Reviews rules CONTRIBUTING.md now cites, and that 4be35081 resolves to quest#460's merge commit.

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kixelated and others added 2 commits November 3, 2026 16:52
… dropped

Restore the `hang` crate naming exception, bare `ready!` for non-Result
polls, and the `<moq-watch>`/`<moq-publish>` `signals` exception; point
migration notes at the package's MIGRATE.md; and name the Rust/JS
counterparts and the `just test interop --all` check in Cross-Package Sync.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Reviewed head: f76de04, following dd7bedf.

The parent-branch merge preserves its package-specific migration-note correction and the restored Rust/JS counterpart and full interoperability instructions. I found no additional actionable issue in that integration. The earlier Quests: prefix ambiguity and the PR summary's older pin reference remain as previously noted; the later update section identifies the newer pin.

Verification: static GitHub inspection only; I did not run Quest, Nix or tests.

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Base automatically changed from docs/agents-md-rewrite to main November 4, 2026 06:28
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Walkthrough

The pull request revises repository-wide and package-specific agent guidance across Rust, JavaScript, Python, documentation, drafts, and smoke tests. Several instructions now direct contributors and reviewers to Prompting in quest context, and PROMPTING.md was deleted. The changes also update development, testing, API, and cross-package guidance. The quest input in flake.nix now points to a different commit.

Merge Risk: Low · up to f76de

The guidance refresh is mergeable with a small documentation correction: update the setup guide to describe the new Cross-Package Sync prose rather than the removed table.

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: relying on shared quest context rules for agent documentation.
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Description check Passed The description is specific and on-topic. It explains that the PR makes the repo rely on quest context from moq-dev/quest instead of its own generic agent rules. It bumps the quest flake input and…
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The description is specific and on-topic. It explains that the PR makes the repo rely on quest context from moq-dev/quest instead of its own generic agent rules. It bumps the quest flake input and deletes PROMPTING.md, which matches the raw summary. It also reports validation steps and a review round, and it gives an update for quest#460 that matches the changes listed in the summary.

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- Around line 52-55: Update the setup guide’s description of AGENTS.md to
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Comment thread AGENTS.md Resolved
kixelated and others added 2 commits November 4, 2026 01:03
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The root AGENTS.md replaced its cross-package table with prose, so the
setup guide now names the Cross-Package Sync section instead.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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kixelated added a commit that referenced this pull request Nov 7, 2026
Restores the mocked-clock rule that #7761 moved out of reviewers' sight,
and finishes quest/m0/clock-guard.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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