From ad1578e073333df79543e8ee0a4f832fe90b94fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sarthakNITT <sarthakkarodework@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 02:17:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] fix: improve error messages for invalid rule files

---
 core/config/yaml/loadYaml.ts | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/config/yaml/loadYaml.ts b/core/config/yaml/loadYaml.ts
index 3c0f2d2201d..e136aba9f3a 100644
--- a/core/config/yaml/loadYaml.ts
+++ b/core/config/yaml/loadYaml.ts
@@ -252,9 +252,30 @@ export async function configYamlToContinueConfig(options: {
           continueConfig.slashCommands?.push(slashCommand);
         }
       } catch (e) {
+        // If the file is in a rules directory, we can provide a more helpful error message
+        // because we know it's likely a rule definition
+        const isRuleFile =
+          file.path.toLowerCase().includes("/rules/") ||
+          file.path.toLowerCase().includes("\\rules\\");
+
+        let message = `Failed to convert prompt file ${file.path} to slash command: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : e}`;
+
+        if (isRuleFile) {
+          const isYamlError =
+            e instanceof Error &&
+            (e.name?.includes("YAML") || e.message.includes("flow sequence"));
+
+          const prefix = isYamlError
+            ? "Failed to parse rule definition"
+            : "Failed to process rule definition";
+
+          const errorDetails = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e);
+          message = `${prefix} ${file.path}: ${errorDetails}`;
+        }
+
         localErrors.push({
           fatal: false,
-          message: `Failed to convert prompt file ${file.path} to slash command: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : e}`,
+          message,
         });
       }
     });

From 92af1a24cb2e0b2be275af57684d2693785b3384 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sarthakNITT <sarthakkarodework@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:47:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] chore: empty commit


From 8ba6f0f7038e4f5af28cae18a35fa133987a5863 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sarthakNITT <sarthakkarodework@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:57:00 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] chore: rerun ci


From 9694b240e4a9cd77c7f6402ee67f30230e368150 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sarthakNITT <sarthakkarodework@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:20:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] chore: trigger CI