But why is it different? Why does it need to be? I don't write code the same as other devs so why would/should I use AI the same?

Is this a hangover from when the tools were not as good?

I'd see this as being useful for two reasons:

1. Provision of optional tools: I may use an ai agent differently to all other devs on a team, but it seems useful for me to have access to the same set of project-specific commands, skills & MCP configs that my colleagues do. I amn't forced to use them but I can choose to on a case by case basis.

2. Guardrails: it seems sensible to define a small subset of things you want to dissuade everyone's agents from doing to your code. This is like the agentic extension of coding standards.

> I don't write code the same as other devs

Most people do, most people don’t have wildly different setups do they? I’d bet there’s a lot in common between how you write code and how your coworkers do.

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