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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
+
+Jetpack Compose components for the Maps SDK for Android. The published
+libraries live in three modules; the rest of the repo supports them.
+
+| Module | Purpose |
+| --- | --- |
+| `maps-compose` | Core library: `GoogleMap` composable, camera state, markers, shapes |
+| `maps-compose-utils` | Utilities layer: clustering and other android-maps-utils integrations |
+| `maps-compose-widgets` | Widget composables built on top of the core library |
+| `maps-app` | Demo app exercising the libraries |
+| `docs` | Dokka documentation aggregation |
+
+Shared Gradle conventions are in `build-logic/` (included build).
+
+## Building and testing
+
+```bash
+./gradlew assembleDebug                          # build everything
+./gradlew :maps-compose:testDebugUnitTest        # unit tests for one module
+./gradlew test jacocoTestReport                  # all unit tests and code coverage
+./gradlew lint                                   # Android Lint across all modules
+./gradlew :maps-app:validateDebugScreenshotTest  # validate screenshot tests
+```
+
+Running `maps-app` requires a Maps API key: put `MAPS_API_KEY=...` in
+`secrets.properties` at the repo root (see `local.defaults.properties` for the
+template). Never hardcode or commit API keys.
+
+## Code style
+
+- 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 whenever possible; declare explicit imports at the file level instead (except to resolve naming collisions).
+- Library modules compile with `-Xexplicit-api=strict`. All public classes, functions, and properties must declare explicit visibility (`public`) and explicit return types.
+- Published library modules target **Java 11** (`JvmTarget.JVM_11`, `JavaVersion.VERSION_11`). Do NOT upgrade the bytecode target to Java 17 or 21, to prevent breaking downstream consumers on AGP < 8.0 with Kotlin inlining errors.
+- Follow the [Jetpack Compose API guidelines](https://github.com/androidx/androidx/blob/androidx-main/compose/docs/compose-api-guidelines.md) strictly for any public API.
+- Composable functions are PascalCase; the first optional parameter of a
+  composable is `modifier: Modifier = Modifier`.
+- Prefer the library's state holders (`rememberCameraPositionState`,
+  `MarkerState`) over ad-hoc state.
+- KDoc on all public classes, properties, and functions.
+- Avoid `!!`; use null-safe operators.
+- Public API changes must be additive and backward compatible; deprecate
+  before removing.
+
+## 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.
+- Every behavior change needs a unit test in the affected module.
+- All pull requests are to be created as drafts (`gh pr create --draft`) until authorization is explicitly given to mark them ready for review. Always inform the user that the PR was created as a draft.
+- Run the module's tests and `lint` before declaring work done, and report
+  actual results.
+- Do not add dependencies to the library modules without discussion in an
+  issue first; the libraries are consumed by many apps and dependency weight
+  matters.
+- 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