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+# AGENTS.md
+
+Guidance for AI coding agents working on this repository. For human contribution
+rules (CLA, PR process, AI-assisted contribution policy), see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+## Project overview
+
+Sample code for the Maps SDK for Android. This is a multi-app repository:
+
+| Area | Purpose |
+| --- | --- |
+| `ApiDemos` | Feature demos in parallel `java-app` and `kotlin-app` variants plus `common-ui` |
+| `snippets` | Code excerpts published into the official documentation (`app`, `app-ktx`, `app-utils`, `app-utils-ktx`, `app-compose`, `app-places-ktx`) |
+| `tutorials` | Standalone mini-projects backing written tutorials, in `java/` and `kotlin/` |
+| `FireMarkers` | Firebase + Maps sample app |
+| `WearOS` | Wear OS sample app |
+
+## Region tags feed official documentation
+
+Code excerpts in `snippets/`, as well as key sample activities in `ApiDemos` and
+root build files, are extracted into developers.google.com pages via
+region tag comment markers (paired START and END lines wrapping each excerpt).
+
+- Never rename, remove, or reorder region tags, and keep every START/END pair
+  balanced.
+- Do not reformat or "clean up" code inside a tagged region unless the change
+  is the point of the PR; the published docs mirror it verbatim.
+- Java and Kotlin snippet modules (`app` vs `app-ktx`) document the same
+  features; a change to one usually needs the equivalent change in the other.
+
+The same parity rule applies to `ApiDemos`: `java-app` and `kotlin-app`
+demonstrate the same features and must stay in sync.
+
+## Code style and hygiene
+
+- Adhere to formatting rules defined in `.editorconfig`.
+- Do not use wildcard imports (`import foo.*`); use explicit imports.
+- Avoid fully qualified class names in source code; declare explicit imports at the file level instead (except to resolve naming collisions or in XML layouts).
+
+## Building and testing
+
+- **Full project verification:**
+  ```bash
+  ./scripts/verify_all.sh                 # run assemble, unit tests, lint, and doc version checks across all root modules
+  ```
+
+- **Targeted module builds:**
+  ```bash
+  ./gradlew :ApiDemos:kotlin-app:assembleDebug   # build a specific demo app
+  ./gradlew :snippets:app-ktx:assembleDebug      # compile a specific snippet module
+  ```
+
+- **Documentation version check:**
+  ```bash
+  python3 scripts/update_docs_versions.py --check # verify doc snippet versions match version catalog
+  ```
+
+Snippet modules do not contain unit tests; they are verified through successful compilation (`assembleDebug`), Android lint (`lintDebug`), and doc version synchronization.
+
+Running the apps requires a Maps API key: copy the keys named in
+`local.defaults.properties` (e.g. `MAPS_API_KEY`) into `local.properties`.
+The secrets-gradle-plugin injects them at build time. Never hardcode or
+commit API keys.
+
+Note that most `tutorials/` projects are standalone Gradle builds not wired
+into the root `settings.gradle.kts`; build them from their own directory.
+
+## Pull requests
+
+- Use Conventional Commit messages (`feat:`, `fix:`, `docs:`, ...).
+  release-please parses them to generate versions and CHANGELOG.md; a wrong
+  prefix causes a wrong release bump. Never edit CHANGELOG.md by hand.
+- Keep changes scoped to one sample or one feature across its language
+  variants; do not mix unrelated samples in one PR.
+- Build and test the affected modules before declaring work done, and report actual
+  results.
+- AI tools must not be listed as authors or co-authors on commits or PRs, and
+  unsolicited bot-generated PRs are prohibited (see CONTRIBUTING.md).
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+@AGENTS.md