Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Background Agent (GitHub, Slack, Web, Linear) Describe the Bug Required rules files (only containing frontmatter alwaysApply=true) from team plugins are not being added to context of new agent conversations in local or cloud environments across IDE, Agen…

Hi Kevin! Thanks for the detailed write-up and the request IDs. This is the same underlying issue you flagged in your earlier thread , and it’s a known bug our team is actively working on. One important update: the behavior regressed recently. Previously, a plugin alwaysApply rule with a description …

Thanks for the detailed response. Can’t exactly do the workaround you suggested because one of the plugins isn’t required for all our users. Maybe we can wrap it with “Only consider the following if you see xyz skills listed in <agent_skills> section of your instructions.” I’m aware of the previous…

Your instinct is right, and it should hold up well. Plugin skills (unlike plugin rules) do load reliably into the <agent_skills> section in local, Agents Window, and cloud agents alike. So gating on a skill name is a dependable signal that the optional plugin is active for a given user. Concretely…

I am seeing this with a plugin I am developing. The plugin shows up in Plugins (listing the rule as contents), and the rule shows up in Rules, Skills, Subagents → Rules, but the agent does not get it added to its context. I can confirm that skills from the plugin do work as advertised (as do agents)…

This issue is resolved - thanks!

Hey @Kevin_Scott - glad it’s sorted! The fix for plugin alwaysApply rules went out on our end, so it should now hold across the IDE, Agents Window, and cloud/web (a restart helps it take effect). I’ll close this out. cc @PEZ - this should also cover your case; if you still see plugin rules with gl…

alwaysApply rules from plugins are not applied to agent sessions

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PEZ (Peter Strömberg) June 21, 2026, 12:52pm 14

Thanks, @mohitjain . `alwaysApply: true` now works as expected, but globbing is still not working. I filed a new thread about it here: Glob-enabled rules from plugins are not applied in agent sessions

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alwaysApply rules from plugins are not applied to agent sessions

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