When to Use Agents Override?

How is AGENTS.override.md different from AGENTS.md? Why not just edit the current AGENTS.md file instead? Override is usually for temporary or unique cases. Examples: Temporarily testing different agent behavior Override an inherited team file without deleting it. Could be for a developer-specific environment or local workflow. When certain files of a group of files require different instructions. So you create a new directory and add an override to be more explicit....

August 6, 2026 ยท 1 min