AI code helpers operate under hard constraints: finite context windows, sensitivity to ambiguity, and high performance on pattern recognition. Traditional software architecture was designed for human cognitive limits — modularity, readability, naming conventions. ARIA is designed for *AI cognitive limits*, which are fundamentally different.
2 files for GitHub Copilot and Claude Code: aria copilot-instructions.md, aria CLAUDE.md — 3,423 tokens loaded in every session.
.github/copilot-instructions.md A 1,350 tok CLAUDE.md A 2,073 tok These files are toutaio/aria's own configuration — they tell GitHub Copilot and Claude Code how to work on this repository, so they are not mods to install elsewhere. Copy one as a starting point and replace the parts that are about this project.