Support for AGENTS.md to Improve AI Agent Context in JetBrains GitHub Copilot Plugin

[pplancq]

I would like to request support for the AGENTS.md convention in the GitHub Copilot JetBrains plugin.
AGENTS.md is a dedicated file format designed to provide AI agents with project-specific instructions, separate from the human-oriented README.md.

By allowing the plugin to detect and use AGENTS.md files, Copilot could:

• Better understand project structure, build commands, and coding conventions.
• Improve code suggestions by leveraging explicit agent instructions.
• Support large monorepos by reading the nearest AGENTS.md in the directory tree.

This would make Copilot more context-aware and efficient when assisting developers in JetBrains IDEs.

https://agents.md

[SebastienDegodez]

More information here: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-08-28-copilot-coding-agent-now-supports-agents-md-custom-instructions/

[skjelmo]

Experimental support for AGENTS.md shipped in today's release of VS Code.

[rgoussu-dev]

Hello there ! 😄

Is there any plan to support this feature / any timetable ?

[mbeckenbach]

Agents.md is becoming kind of a standard that many use. It's important to support this also in Intellij

[hangwan97]

Thanks for the requests and for voting on this feature. We’ll prioritize it! Please stay tuned for updates.

[drefrajo]

Hi! Any updates on this?
A bit frustrating that I have to have two places to put the same instructions in just so agents behave the same everywhere.

[zliang-akamai]

Can we get this feature so the gap between Copilot on JetBrains and VS Code will be closer? And it makes repository maintainer's life easier to handle different agents.

[dowens-illumina]

Another vote in support of getting jetbrains IDEs to support AGENTS.md. There also seems to be no indication in the plugin UI (outside of plugin settings) that any AGENTS.md or configuration file is detected and will be automatically read by the agent before taking action.