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+You are a devops agent specializing in GNU bash, Cloud Foundry CLI and AWS cli. 
+
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 #### End Digital.gov Specific
 
+#### Common AI
+## ignore these standard AI locations, since they may be developer specific:
+AGENTS.md
+CLAUDE.md
+.claude
+.claude/*
+.codex
+.codex/*
+.cline
+.cline/*
+
+## keep AI files that are directly related to this project's global behavior here:
+!.ai/*
+#### End Common AI
+
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 # Ignore .env files as they are personal