ai-tools-reference
Verified configuration reference for the three AI tools Aide supports: Claude Code, GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex. Covers instruction files, skill discovery paths, frontmatter field support, rules, agents, hooks, MCP and config formats, with a comparison matrix and source links. Use when: answering which tool reads which path, changing an installer, adding or moving a skill, checking frontmatter field support, updating the support matrix. Do NOT use for: news about new releases (use check-news), general web questions about the tools.
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Topics in the source
- AI tools reference
- Table of contents
- Cross-cutting standards
- Skills (SKILL.md)
- Instruction files
- Claude Code
- Configuration files
- Rules
Verified configuration overview for all AI tools we support. This file is the source of truth — don't guess, look it up here. Last verified: 2026-03-28 Cross-cutting standards Claude Code GitHub Copilot OpenAI Codex CLI Comparison Sources -- Skills are a cross-cutting standard. All three tools read skills from overlapping paths: | Path | Claude Code | Copilot | Codex | |-------------------------------------|:-----------:|:-----------------------------:|:-----:| | /.claude/skills/ /SKILL.md | yes | no (dropped; verified 1.0.79) | no | | /.copilot/skills/ /SKILL.md | no | yes | no | | /.agents/skills/ /SKILL.md | no | yes (v1.0.11+) | yes | | .claude/skills/ /SKILL.md | yes | yes | no | | .github/skills/ /SKILL.md | no | yes | no | | .agents/skills/ /SKILL.md | no | yes | yes | Format: Folder with SKILL.md as the entry point. YAML frontmatter with name and description (required). Markdown body with instructions. Frontmatter fields (mapped 2026-08-13, spec 71 in aide-specs): the Agent Skills spec defines exactly six fields — name, description, license, compatibility, metadata, allowed-tools. Tool support: | Field | Spec | Claude Code | Copilot | Codex | |------------------------------
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- ragnarwestad/aide
- Source file
- .claude/skills/ai-tools-reference/SKILL.md
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