diff --git a/.changeset/agent-rules-review-tests.md b/.changeset/agent-rules-review-tests.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a845151cc84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/agent-rules-review-tests.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+---
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/server/__tests__/agent-rules-node.test.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/server/__tests__/agent-rules-node.test.ts
index ead72cbbe4a..4624650e662 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/server/__tests__/agent-rules-node.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/server/__tests__/agent-rules-node.test.ts
@@ -6,17 +6,19 @@ vi.mock('@clerk/shared/agentRules', async importOriginal => ({
   ...(await importOriginal<typeof import('@clerk/shared/agentRules')>()),
   writeClerkAgentRules: vi.fn(),
 }));
-vi.mock('../fs/utils', () => ({
+
+const nodeApis = {
   nodeCwdOrThrow: () => () => '/app',
   nodeFsOrThrow: () => ({}),
   nodePathOrThrow: () => ({}),
-}));
+};
 
 const loadWriteAgentRulesOnce = async () => (await import('../agent-rules-node.js')).writeAgentRulesOnce;
 
 describe('writeAgentRulesOnce', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.resetModules();
+    vi.doMock('../fs/utils', () => nodeApis);
     vi.mocked(writeClerkAgentRules).mockReset();
     for (const name of automatedEnvironmentVariables) {
       vi.stubEnv(name, '');
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ describe('writeAgentRulesOnce', () => {
 
   afterEach(() => {
     vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
   });
 
   it('writes the rules once per process in development, with or without an AI agent', async () => {
@@ -63,6 +66,21 @@ describe('writeAgentRulesOnce', () => {
     expect(writeClerkAgentRules).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('skips without a warning on the Edge runtime, where Node APIs are missing', async () => {
+    const warn = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+    vi.doMock('../fs/utils', () => ({
+      ...nodeApis,
+      nodeCwdOrThrow: () => {
+        throw new Error("Clerk: cwd is missing. This is an internal error. Please contact Clerk's support.");
+      },
+    }));
+
+    (await loadWriteAgentRulesOnce())();
+
+    expect(writeClerkAgentRules).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it('does not throw when writing fails', async () => {
     vi.mocked(writeClerkAgentRules).mockImplementation(() => {
       throw new Error('EACCES');
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/__tests__/agentRules.spec.ts b/packages/shared/src/__tests__/agentRules.spec.ts
index 0eded3e381b..2a2225ee9b6 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/__tests__/agentRules.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/__tests__/agentRules.spec.ts
@@ -11,15 +11,22 @@ import {
   writeClerkAgentRules,
 } from '../agentRules';
 
-const createMemoryFs = (files: Record<string, string> = {}, { withRepoPackageJson = true } = {}) => {
+const createMemoryFs = (
+  files: Record<string, string> = {},
+  {
+    withRepoPackageJson = true,
+    symlinks = {},
+  }: { withRepoPackageJson?: boolean; symlinks?: Record<string, string> } = {},
+) => {
   const store = new Map(Object.entries(withRepoPackageJson ? { '/repo/package.json': '{}', ...files } : files));
   const dirs = new Set<string>();
+  const follow = (path: string) => symlinks[path] ?? path;
 
   const fs: FileSystemAdapter = {
-    existsSync: path => store.has(path) || dirs.has(path),
-    readFileSync: path => store.get(path) ?? '',
+    existsSync: path => store.has(follow(path)) || dirs.has(path),
+    readFileSync: path => store.get(follow(path)) ?? '',
     writeFileSync: (path, data) => {
-      store.set(path, data);
+      store.set(follow(path), data);
     },
     mkdirSync: path => {
       dirs.add(path);
@@ -108,6 +115,28 @@ describe('writeClerkAgentRules', () => {
     expect(memory.read('/repo/apps/web/AGENTS.md')).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  it('points to an SDK AGENTS.md that exists when the SDK is installed in a pnpm workspace app', () => {
+    const memory = createMemoryFs({
+      '/repo/pnpm-workspace.yaml': 'packages:\n  - apps/*\n',
+      '/repo/package.json': '{"name":"root","private":true}',
+      '/repo/apps/web/package.json': '{"name":"web","dependencies":{"@clerk/nextjs":"*"}}',
+      '/repo/apps/web/node_modules/@clerk/nextjs/AGENTS.md': '# Clerk Next.js',
+    });
+
+    const { files } = writeClerkAgentRules({
+      cwd: '/repo/apps/web',
+      fs: memory.fs,
+      path: pathAdapter,
+      sdks: ['nextjs'],
+    });
+
+    const agentsMdPath = files.find(file => file.endsWith('/AGENTS.md')) ?? '';
+    const pointer = memory.read(agentsMdPath)?.match(/`(node_modules\/@clerk\/nextjs\/AGENTS\.md)`/)?.[1] ?? '';
+
+    expect(pointer).toBe('node_modules/@clerk/nextjs/AGENTS.md');
+    expect(memory.fs.existsSync(pathAdapter.join(pathAdapter.dirname(agentsMdPath), pointer))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it('replaces only Clerk blocks and preserves surrounding content', () => {
     const memory = createMemoryFs({
       '/repo/AGENTS.md': 'Project rules\n\n<!-- BEGIN:clerk-agent-rules -->\nold\n<!-- END:clerk-agent-rules -->\n',
@@ -240,6 +269,15 @@ describe('writeClerkAgentRules with an existing CLAUDE.md', () => {
     expect(memory.read('/repo/CLAUDE.md')).toBe('Shared rules\n');
   });
 
+  it('keeps the Clerk block when CLAUDE.md is a symlink to an AGENTS.md that does not exist yet', () => {
+    const memory = createMemoryFs({}, { symlinks: { '/repo/CLAUDE.md': '/repo/AGENTS.md' } });
+
+    writeClerkAgentRules({ cwd: '/repo', fs: memory.fs, path: pathAdapter, sdks: ['nextjs'] });
+
+    expect(memory.read('/repo/AGENTS.md')).toContain('<!-- BEGIN:clerk-agent-rules:nextjs -->');
+    expect(memory.read('/repo/AGENTS.md')).not.toContain('@AGENTS.md');
+  });
+
   it('writes the Clerk block into CLAUDE.md and skips the import when only CLAUDE.md exists', () => {
     const memory = createMemoryFs({ '/repo/CLAUDE.md': 'Claude rules\n' });
 
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/__tests__/runtimeEnvironment.spec.ts b/packages/shared/src/__tests__/runtimeEnvironment.spec.ts
index 9d9dc5b03c0..77b4e9d9901 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/__tests__/runtimeEnvironment.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/__tests__/runtimeEnvironment.spec.ts
@@ -100,11 +100,14 @@ describe('isClerkAgentRulesWriteAllowed', () => {
     expect(isClerkAgentRulesWriteAllowed()).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it.each(['false', 'FALSE', '0', 'off', 'no'])('blocks writes when CLERK_AGENTS_MD is %s', value => {
-    vi.stubEnv('CLERK_AGENTS_MD', value);
-
-    expect(isClerkAgentRulesWriteAllowed()).toBe(false);
-  });
+  it.each(['false', 'FALSE', '0', 'off', 'no', ' false', 'false '])(
+    'blocks writes when CLERK_AGENTS_MD is %s',
+    value => {
+      vi.stubEnv('CLERK_AGENTS_MD', value);
+
+      expect(isClerkAgentRulesWriteAllowed()).toBe(false);
+    },
+  );
 
   it('allows writes when CLERK_AGENTS_MD is unset', () => {
     vi.stubEnv('CLERK_AGENTS_MD', undefined);