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Adds a GEMINI.md pointer file to this repository.

Why. An estate-wide census found a large asymmetry in agent-instruction
files: CLAUDE.md was present almost everywhere, GEMINI.md in a handful of
repositories. Any coding agent that looks for GEMINI.md and does not find one
proceeds with no repository-specific instructions at all.

This file is a pointer, not a second copy of the instructions. Duplicating
guidance across per-agent files guarantees the copies drift. The pointer
redirects to whichever file this repository actually maintains — AGENTS.md
where one exists, otherwise CLAUDE.md — and says to retarget it at
AGENTS.md when one lands.

How this commit was built. The change was made with git plumbing against
origin/<default branch>, not by staging a working tree. The branch contains
exactly one commit adding exactly one file, and carries none of the unrelated
local state present in this checkout. A per-repository assertion required
git diff --name-only <base> <commit> to equal the expected path set exactly,
or the branch was never created.

This PR is opened as a draft on purpose. It is part of a bulk campaign and
is not requesting a merge. Review and merge at your discretion.

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https://claude.ai/code/session_011eQ7hibx92N7fBDtwgReWk

Adds a GEMINI.md pointer so Gemini-family agents are not blind to the
repository instructions that CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md already carries
(task #50). The file is a pointer, never a duplicate of the rules.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011eQ7hibx92N7fBDtwgReWk
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1-8: LGTM!


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  • Documentation
    • Added guidance for coding agents, directing them to the existing project instructions while future agent-specific guidance is pending.

Walkthrough

The pull request adds GEMINI.md. The file directs coding agents to read CLAUDE.md while excluding Claude Code-specific tooling. It identifies AGENTS.md as the future instruction target.

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Add GEMINI.md instruction pointer
GEMINI.md
Adds instructions for agents to use CLAUDE.md until AGENTS.md exists, then retarget the pointer.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Suggested reviewers: metadatastician

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 12f58

This adds a documentation pointer to the existing agent guidance without affecting runtime behavior or deployment. The pointer destination is present, so the change is ready to merge.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely summarises the main change: adding a GEMINI.md pointer to the maintained agent instructions.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the purpose, behaviour, scope, and draft status of the GEMINI.md pointer. It directly relates to the changeset.

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hyperpolymath marked this pull request as ready for review September 8, 2026 23:55
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