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Overview

People use Nia for various purposes - from deep technical research to code exploration and documentation analysis. To help AI coding agents understand and use Nia more effectively as an MCP server, we’ve created a collection of pre-configured rules and prompts.

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Agent Rules Repository

Nia Rules for Agents

Open-source configuration files that teach AI coding agents how to effectively use Nia’s capabilities.

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What’s Included

The repository provides ready-to-use configuration files for popular AI coding agents:
  • Claude (.claude/agents/)
  • Codex (.codex/prompts/)
  • Cursor (.cursor/rules/)
  • Windsurf (.windsurf/rules/)
  • Roo Code (.roo/rules/)
  • Cline (.clinerules)
  • General Agents (general-agents/)

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Quick Setup

1

Clone or Download

Get the configuration files from the repository.
2

Copy Configuration

Copy the appropriate configuration file to your agent’s directory:
# For Claude
cp .claude/agents/nia-oracle.md ~/.claude/agents/

# For Codex
cp .codex/prompts/nia-oracle.md ~/.codex/prompts/

# For Cursor  
cp .cursor/rules/nia-oracle.mdc ~/.cursor/rules/

# For Windsurf
cp .windsurf/rules/nia-oracle.md ~/.windsurf/rules/
3

Enable Nia MCP

Ensure your agent has access to Nia’s MCP tools. See the Installation guide for setup instructions.
4

Start Using

Your agent now understands how to leverage Nia’s research and search capabilities effectively.

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Contributing

The repository is open-source and welcomes contributions:
  • Add configurations for new AI agents
  • Improve existing rule sets
  • Share workflow patterns and examples
Visit the repository to contribute or report issues.
These configurations are maintained by the Nia community and are designed to help agents make the most of Nia’s MCP server capabilities.