diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/company-portability.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/company-portability.test.ts
index bf6cfabe..a3410df6 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/company-portability.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/company-portability.test.ts
@@ -2108,5 +2108,78 @@ describe("company portability", () => {
         replaceExisting: true,
       }),
     );
+    const materializedFiles = agentInstructionsSvc.materializeManagedBundle.mock.calls[0]?.[1] as Record<string, string>;
+    expect(materializedFiles["AGENTS.md"]).not.toMatch(/^---\n/);
+    expect(materializedFiles["AGENTS.md"]).not.toContain('name: "ClaudeCoder"');
+  });
+
+  it("strips root AGENTS frontmatter when importing a nested agent entry path", async () => {
+    const portability = companyPortabilityService({} as any);
+
+    companySvc.create.mockResolvedValue({
+      id: "company-imported",
+      name: "Imported Paperclip",
+    });
+    accessSvc.ensureMembership.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    agentSvc.create.mockResolvedValue({
+      id: "agent-created",
+      name: "ClaudeCoder",
+    });
+
+    const exported = await portability.exportBundle("company-1", {
+      include: {
+        company: true,
+        agents: true,
+        projects: false,
+        issues: false,
+      },
+    });
+    const originalAgentsMarkdown = exported.files["agents/claudecoder/AGENTS.md"];
+    expect(typeof originalAgentsMarkdown).toBe("string");
+
+    const files = {
+      ...exported.files,
+      "agents/claudecoder/nested/AGENTS.md": originalAgentsMarkdown!,
+    };
+
+    agentSvc.list.mockResolvedValue([]);
+
+    await portability.importBundle({
+      source: {
+        type: "inline",
+        rootPath: exported.rootPath,
+        files,
+      },
+      include: {
+        company: true,
+        agents: true,
+        projects: false,
+        issues: false,
+      },
+      target: {
+        mode: "new_company",
+        newCompanyName: "Imported Paperclip",
+      },
+      agents: ["claudecoder"],
+      collisionStrategy: "rename",
+      adapterOverrides: {
+        claudecoder: {
+          adapterType: "codex_local",
+          adapterConfig: {
+            dangerouslyBypassApprovalsAndSandbox: true,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    }, "user-1");
+
+    const nestedMaterializedFiles = agentInstructionsSvc.materializeManagedBundle.mock.calls
+      .map(([, filesArg]) => filesArg as Record<string, string>)
+      .find((filesArg) => typeof filesArg["nested/AGENTS.md"] === "string");
+
+    expect(nestedMaterializedFiles).toBeDefined();
+    expect(nestedMaterializedFiles?.["nested/AGENTS.md"]).toContain("You are ClaudeCoder.");
+    expect(nestedMaterializedFiles?.["AGENTS.md"]).toContain("You are ClaudeCoder.");
+    expect(nestedMaterializedFiles?.["AGENTS.md"]).not.toMatch(/^---\n/);
+    expect(nestedMaterializedFiles?.["AGENTS.md"]).not.toContain('name: "ClaudeCoder"');
   });
 });
diff --git a/server/src/services/company-portability.ts b/server/src/services/company-portability.ts
index a1f6a7c8..7cfe8ffa 100644
--- a/server/src/services/company-portability.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/company-portability.ts
@@ -3864,6 +3864,16 @@ export function companyPortabilityService(db: Db, storage?: StorageService) {
               : []),
         );
         const markdownRaw = bundleFiles["AGENTS.md"] ?? readPortableTextFile(plan.source.files, manifestAgent.path);
+        const entryRelativePath = normalizePortablePath(manifestAgent.path).startsWith(bundlePrefix)
+          ? normalizePortablePath(manifestAgent.path).slice(bundlePrefix.length)
+          : "AGENTS.md";
+        if (typeof markdownRaw === "string") {
+          const importedInstructionsBody = parseFrontmatterMarkdown(markdownRaw).body;
+          bundleFiles[entryRelativePath] = importedInstructionsBody;
+          if (entryRelativePath !== "AGENTS.md") {
+            bundleFiles["AGENTS.md"] = importedInstructionsBody;
+          }
+        }
         const fallbackPromptTemplate = asString((manifestAgent.adapterConfig as Record<string, unknown>).promptTemplate) || "";
         if (!markdownRaw && fallbackPromptTemplate) {
           bundleFiles["AGENTS.md"] = fallbackPromptTemplate;