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"textContent": "@VeitB I believe that’s a helpful clarification, especially the point about multiple AGENTS.md files in a project.\n\nI agree the master-project approach is a reasonable workaround for some workflows, but I think the distinction from earlier still matters: it helps with reuse of preferences, while a central preference layer would solve ownership, precedence, and lifecycle more explicitly.\n\nThe nearest-AGENTS.md behavior is a good example of scoped control done well. In a monorepo, it gives the repo a way to say: “these rules apply here, not everywhere.” This maps neatly onto the repo/user/chat model: repo instructions can be local and nested, user defaults should travel across repos, and chat overrides should stay temporary.\n\nSo I’d see these as complementary rather than competing mechanisms:\n\n * nested AGENTS.md for local codebase/module behavior\n * user defaults for cross-project working preferences\n * chat overrides for temporary exceptions\n\n\n\nThe missing piece is making those layers visible and enforceable enough that users can trust which one is active at any moment, without a workaround blurring ownership of the context.",
"title": "Add persistent user preference recall across Codex CLI conversations"
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