Configuration Import

Devin CLI can automatically import rules and configuration from other AI coding tools installed in your project. This happens when standard project rule files or configuration files from Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, or Zed are detected in your workspace.

How It Works

When you start a session, Devin CLI checks for standard project rule files and configuration files from supported tools, then imports what it finds.

Standard project rules

What’s imported	Source files
Rules	`AGENTS.md`, `AGENTS.local.md`, `AGENT.md`, `.windsurfrules`

Cursor

What’s imported	Source files
Rules	`.cursor/rules/.md`, `.cursor/rules/.mdc`
MCP servers	`.cursor/mcp.json`

Windsurf

What’s imported	Source files
Rules	`.windsurf/rules/*.md`, `.windsurf/global_rules.md` (at workspace root and subdirectories)
Skills	`.windsurf/skills/` (project), `~/.codeium/<channel>/skills/` (global, channel-dependent)
MCP servers	`~/.codeium/<channel>/mcp_config.json` (channel-dependent)

Devin CLI reads from the Windsurf config directory matching its own channel: stable reads from ~/.codeium/windsurf/, next reads from ~/.codeium/windsurf-next/, insiders reads from ~/.codeium/windsurf-insiders/. .windsurf/rules/ directories can exist at multiple levels in your project. Rules at the workspace root are loaded at session start. Rules in subdirectories are discovered lazily when the agent accesses files in that directory.

Windsurf workflows (.windsurf/workflows/ and ~/.codeium/<channel>/global_workflows/) are not imported as skills.

Claude Code

What’s imported	Source files
Rules	`CLAUDE.md`, `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md`
Skills	`.claude/skills/**/SKILL.md`
Commands (as skills)	`.claude/commands/*/.md`
MCP servers	`.mcp.json`, `.claude/settings.json`, `.claude/settings.local.json`, `~/.claude.json`, `~/.claude/settings.json`, `~/.claude/settings.local.json`, `~/.claude/mcp_servers.json`

GitHub Copilot

What’s imported	Source files
Skills	`.github/skills//SKILL.md` (project), `~/.copilot/skills//SKILL.md` (global)

Copilot skills use the same SKILL.md format as Devin skills, so they are read in place rather than migrated. If COPILOT_HOME is set, global skills are read from $COPILOT_HOME/skills/ instead of ~/.copilot/skills/.

Copilot custom instructions (.github/copilot-instructions.md and .github/instructions/*.instructions.md) are not imported.

OpenCode

What’s imported	Source files
MCP servers	`opencode.json` (project), `~/.config/opencode/opencode.json` (global)

OpenCode uses a different MCP schema from the standard format. Commands can be arrays or strings, environment variables use the "environment" key, and servers use an "enabled" flag (inverted from the standard "disabled" flag). These are automatically converted during import.

Zed

What’s imported	Source files
MCP servers	`.zed/settings.json` (project), `~/.config/zed/settings.json` (global)

Zed uses a "context_servers" key in its settings file.

Devin Cloud

When you are signed in, Devin CLI also loads configuration from your Devin Cloud account. Unlike the tools above, this comes from your account rather than from files in your workspace.

What’s imported	Source
MCP servers	[Private Preview] Remote MCP servers configured in Devin Cloud. Only enterprise-level MCP servers are reached
Plugins	Your personal plugins in Devin Cloud

Set cloud to false to keep both out of the CLI:

// ~/.config/devin/config.json
// (on Windows: %APPDATA%\devin\config.json)
{
  "read_config_from": {
    "cloud": false
  }
}

With cloud set to false:

MCP servers from Devin Cloud are not listed or connected. MCP servers from your local mcp_config.json files and from other tools are unaffected.
Your personal Devin Cloud plugins do not load. Plugins your organization or enterprise requires still load, and plugins it forbids stay blocked.
devin plugins install no longer adds to your personal Devin Cloud plugins. Pass --local to install on the current machine instead.
Signing in, models, and cloud sessions are unaffected. This option only controls which configuration is loaded.

cloud is read from your user config only. Setting it in a project’s .devin/config.json has no effect. Changes apply to the next session you start.

Disabling Configuration Import

To stop importing from a specific tool, set it to false in your config:

User config
Project config

// ~/.config/devin/config.json
// (on Windows: %APPDATA%\devin\config.json)
{
  "read_config_from": {
    "agents_standard": false,
    "cursor": false,
    "windsurf": false,
    "claude": false,
    "copilot": false,
    "opencode": false,
    "zed": false
  }
}

// .devin/config.json
{
  "read_config_from": {
    "windsurf": false
  }
}

You can disable imports selectively — for example, import from Cursor but not Windsurf:

{
  "read_config_from": {
    "cursor": true,
    "windsurf": false
  }
}

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
`agents_standard`	boolean	`true`	Import standard project rules from `AGENTS.md`, `AGENTS.local.md`, `AGENT.md`, and `.windsurfrules`
`cursor`	boolean	`true`	Import rules and MCP servers from Cursor config files
`windsurf`	boolean	`true`	Import rules, skills, and MCP servers from Windsurf
`claude`	boolean	`true`	Import rules, skills, commands, and MCP servers from Claude Code
`copilot`	boolean	`true`	Import skills from GitHub Copilot’s project and global skill directories
`opencode`	boolean	`true`	Import MCP servers from OpenCode config files
`zed`	boolean	`true`	Import MCP servers from Zed settings files
`cloud`	boolean	`true`	Load MCP servers and personal plugins from your Devin Cloud account. User config only; see Devin Cloud

Setting a value to true (or leaving it unset) enables import. Setting it to false disables import for that tool.

Default Behavior

If you don’t explicitly configure read_config_from, all imports are enabled by default. Set any option to false to disable imports from that tool.

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Configuration Import

How It Works

Standard project rules

Cursor

Windsurf

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

OpenCode

Zed

Devin Cloud

Disabling Configuration Import

Options

Default Behavior

​How It Works

​Standard project rules

​Cursor

​Windsurf

​Claude Code

​GitHub Copilot

​OpenCode

​Zed

​Devin Cloud

​Disabling Configuration Import

​Options

​Default Behavior

How It Works

Standard project rules

Cursor

Windsurf

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

OpenCode

Zed

Devin Cloud

Disabling Configuration Import

Options

Default Behavior