Using Nimbus with AI Coding Agents

A machine-readable reference for AI coding agents and LLMs working with Nimbus

Nimbus provides an llms.txt file — a single markdown document containing everything an AI coding agent needs to integrate with Nimbus: message patterns, bus setup, transport configuration, and handler examples.

What is llms.txt?

llms.txt is a proposed standard for giving AI tools a concise, structured reference for a project. Rather than asking an agent to scrape multiple documentation pages, you point it at one file that contains the essential API surface in a format optimised for language models.

The File

Nimbus’s llms.txt is available at:

https://nimbusapi.com/llms.txt

It covers:

• All four message patterns (commands, competing events, multicast events, request/response)
• Full bus setup with Autofac
• Transport configuration for every supported transport
• Handler registration and design guidance
• Key namespaces and interfaces

Using it with Claude Code

Add this to your CLAUDE.md file at the root of your project:

## Messaging

This project uses Nimbus for messaging. Before implementing any messaging features,
fetch the reference: https://nimbusapi.com/llms.txt

Or reference it directly in a prompt:

Read https://nimbusapi.com/llms.txt then add a PlaceOrderCommand handler that saves the order to the database.

Using it with Cursor

Add it to .cursorrules or reference it in a prompt. Cursor’s @Web feature can fetch it directly:

@Web https://nimbusapi.com/llms.txt

Add an event handler for OrderPlacedEvent that sends a confirmation email.

Using it with GitHub Copilot

Paste the contents of llms.txt into a chat session before asking Copilot to write Nimbus code. Copilot Chat can also fetch URLs directly in some configurations.