The original title is: "Why Generic AI Coding Rules Don't Transfer Between Repos — and What to Do Instead"

Short summary

A developer shares lessons from rolling out AI-assisted development across teams, discovering that generic AI rules don't transfer between repos — they must be generated for each project's specific stack and conventions. The author also found that teams use multiple AI tools simultaneously (Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, Copilot), so adoption solutions must work across all of them. This led to FARE and BARE, npm CLI tools that generate stack-specific rules and skills with adapters for five major AI coding tools.

• •Generic AI rules don't transfer between repos — they must be generated for each project's specific stack
• •Teams use multiple AI tools simultaneously; adoption solutions must support all of them
• •FARE and BARE are npm CLI tools that generate stack-specific AI rules with adapters for 5 tools

Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.