diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
-
+
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ gemini extensions install https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail
Loads the ruleset as always-on context every session and registers the `/ponytail` commands; the `skills/` ship too, activated when a task needs them.
The Gemini adapter intentionally does not ship a root `hooks/hooks.json`: Gemini auto-loads that path, while Ponytail's lifecycle hooks use Claude/Codex event names.
+### ZCode
+
+Open the repo in ZCode. It reads the workspace `AGENTS.md` automatically.
+
+In ZCode settings, import skills from this repo to reuse `skills/`, and import commands from this repo to reuse the `/ponytail-*` prompts in `commands/`. ZCode does not currently publish a project adapter manifest for hooks or mode switching, so this is instruction-tier plus imported skills/commands.
+
### Qoder
Qoder auto-loads `AGENTS.md` from the repo root as always-on context, so running ponytail from a checkout works with zero setup. For per-project rules, copy [`.qoder/rules/ponytail.md`](.qoder/rules/ponytail.md) into your project's `.qoder/rules/`. The six ponytail skills (`/ponytail`, `/ponytail-review`, `/ponytail-audit`, `/ponytail-debt`, `/ponytail-gain`, `/ponytail-help`) are available via Qoder's Skill system; the plugin manifest at [`.qoder-plugin/plugin.json`](.qoder-plugin/plugin.json) points at the `skills/` directory.
@@ -254,7 +260,7 @@ Set the level for every new session with the `PONYTAIL_DEFAULT_MODE` env var (`l
While active, the ruleset is also injected into every subagent spawned via the Agent tool. To scope that to specific agent types (say, keep it off read-only search agents), set the `PONYTAIL_SUBAGENT_MATCHER` env var to a regex tested against the subagent's `agent_type`. It is unanchored and case-insensitive: `explore|general` matches either, `^general$` is exact, and plugin agent types look like `plugin:name`. Unset means inject into every subagent (the default); an invalid regex, or a subagent whose type the platform doesn't report, also falls back to injecting.
-Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, GitHub Copilot Chat (the VS Code, JetBrains, and Visual Studio editor extension, not the standalone Copilot CLI covered under [Install](#install)), Aider, Kiro, Zed, CodeWhale, Swival, Qoder: copy the matching rules file from this repo ([`.cursor/rules/`](.cursor/rules/), [`.windsurf/rules/`](.windsurf/rules/), [`.clinerules/`](.clinerules/), [`.github/copilot-instructions.md`](.github/copilot-instructions.md), [`AGENTS.md`](AGENTS.md), [`.kiro/steering/`](.kiro/steering/), [`.qoder/rules/`](.qoder/rules/)).
+Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, GitHub Copilot Chat (the VS Code, JetBrains, and Visual Studio editor extension, not the standalone Copilot CLI covered under [Install](#install)), Aider, Kiro, Zed, ZCode, CodeWhale, Swival, Qoder: copy the matching rules file from this repo ([`.cursor/rules/`](.cursor/rules/), [`.windsurf/rules/`](.windsurf/rules/), [`.clinerules/`](.clinerules/), [`.github/copilot-instructions.md`](.github/copilot-instructions.md), [`AGENTS.md`](AGENTS.md), [`.kiro/steering/`](.kiro/steering/), [`.qoder/rules/`](.qoder/rules/)).
Kiro: copy `.kiro/steering/ponytail.md` to `~/.kiro/steering/` (global) or `.kiro/steering/` in your project.
@@ -293,7 +299,7 @@ These remove the plugin's own files. They leave behind a small amount of state p
| `/ponytail-gain` | Show the measured impact scoreboard (less code, less cost, more speed) from the benchmark. |
| `/ponytail-help` | Quick reference for the commands above. |
-Commands need a skill-capable host (Claude Code, Codex, Devin CLI, OpenCode, Gemini, pi, Swival, Hermes Agent, Qoder). In Codex they're skills, invoke with `@` (`@ponytail-review`). The instruction-only adapters (Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Copilot, Kiro, Antigravity) load the always-on ruleset without the commands.
+Commands need a skill-capable host (Claude Code, Codex, Devin CLI, OpenCode, Gemini, ZCode, pi, Swival, Hermes Agent, Qoder). In Codex they're skills, invoke with `@` (`@ponytail-review`). The instruction-only adapters (Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Copilot, Kiro, Antigravity) load the always-on ruleset without the commands.
## Development
diff --git a/docs/agent-portability.md b/docs/agent-portability.md
index 2e15e133..a895fde3 100644
--- a/docs/agent-portability.md
+++ b/docs/agent-portability.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ to load in a given agent.
| pi | `pi-extension/`, `skills/`, `hooks/` | Package extension: injects the ruleset each turn through the shared instruction builder and registers the `/ponytail` commands. |
| Hermes Agent | `plugin.yaml`, `__init__.py`, `skills/` | Native Hermes plugin: injects active mode through `pre_llm_call`, rewrites gateway `/ponytail-*` skill commands into agent prompts, registers `/ponytail` mode switching, and exposes bundled skills as `ponytail:`. |
| Gemini CLI | `gemini-extension.json`, `AGENTS.md`, `commands/`, `skills/` | Extension manifest points `contextFileName` at `AGENTS.md` for always-on rules, and reuses the existing `commands/*.toml` and `skills/`, which Gemini CLI auto-discovers. The Claude/Codex hook map is not placed at Gemini's auto-discovered `hooks/hooks.json` path. |
+| ZCode | `AGENTS.md`, `skills/`, `commands/` | ZCode reads workspace `AGENTS.md` as project instructions, and can import external-agent skills and commands from this repo. Instruction-tier plus imported skills/commands; no hook or mode-switch adapter is shipped because ZCode does not publish a project adapter manifest for those surfaces. |
| Cursor | `.cursor/rules/ponytail.mdc` | Always-on project rule. |
| Windsurf | `.windsurf/rules/ponytail.md` | Project rule. |
| Cline | `.clinerules/ponytail.md` | Project rule. |