How to generate agent instructions

A coding agent working in your repository cannot see your effective policy. ordnung instructions renders it for them: the checks in force, grouped and labeled with their exact configuration keys, as a deterministic Markdown block.

Preview the rules#

ordnung instructions .

<!-- ordnung:instructions:start -->
## Ordnung Repository Rules
This block is generated by `ordnung instructions`; refresh it instead of editing it by hand.
- Policy source: this repository's `.ordnung/overrides.toml` and defaults.
- Detected: languages `rust`; ecosystems `cargo`.
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The block is derived from the same effective policy check evaluates, so what the agent is told and what CI enforces cannot drift apart.

Write it into the files agents read#

ordnung instructions . --write AGENTS.md --write CLAUDE.md

The block lands between ordnung:instructions markers, and everything outside the markers is left alone — your hand-written instructions stay yours. Rerunning the command replaces the block in place, so refresh it whenever policy changes:

ordnung instructions . --write AGENTS.md

For a fleet member, supply the fleet manifest so the rules reflect central policy:

ordnung instructions . --fleet ../fleet-config/.ordnung/fleet.toml --repo owner/name --write AGENTS.md