agents-md
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Inspect repository manifests, build tools, and agent workflows to generate or update a concise AGENTS.md (~12 lines) without overwriting custom sections. Use when creating or updating AGENTS.md, or when project build/test commands have changed.
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- caidanw/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- Integralist/agent-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 6, 2026
- d-o-hub/github-template-ai-agentstheir own version, first seen Nov 3, 2026
- Rvey/agent-engineering-kittheir own version, first seen Nov 2, 2026
- Devolutions/IronRDPtheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- ytil/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
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- agent-substrate/substrate★ 6.2ksame name
- Devolutions/IronRDP★ 3.3ksame name
- getsentry/skills★ 1.1ksame name
- mblode/agent-skills★ 189same name
- cumbucadev/cinemaempoa★ 145same name
- devbrother2024/skills★ 91same name
- Integralist/agent-skills★ 23same name
- arfar-x/agent-skills★ 14same name
- getsentry/webvitals.com★ 12same name
- caidanw/skills★ 11same name
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The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
6 rules. 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 4 are very specific to this project.
0
Common
Most of the 32 edited versions we read keep these.
2
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
4
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 8
Create or update the repository's AGENTS.md file using real project manifests and evidence.
- Very specific: line 17
Run the detection helper with --diff via the terminal-runner agent:
- Very specific: line 27
Verify that all detected commands (install, build, test, lint, typecheck) trace to actual manifests (pyproject.toml, package.json, …
- Distinctive: line 28
Verify that the core block stays within ~12-15 lines.
- Very specific: line 29
If AGENTS.md already exists, confirm that all hand-crafted custom sections (e.g.
- Very specific: line 38
If the user wants to audit principles in an existing AGENTS.md for 100-year endurance, hand off to /audit-agents.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 32 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
/agents-md
Create or update the repository's AGENTS.md file using real project manifests and evidence.
The AGENTS.md file gives coding agents operational context on dev environment setup, build, test, and lint commands, and points to granular skills and docs. Research by the Agentic AI Foundation (July 2026) showed that including a concise AGENTS.md eliminates worst-case command failure loops, reducing diff sizes by 26%, wall clock time by 27%, and tokens by 25%.
The core principle is brevity: keep the top-level AGENTS.md concise (~12 lines). Granular runbooks belong in .agents/skills/ and codebase architecture in .buddhi/docs/.
Steps
- Inspect and Compute Diff:
Run the detection helper with
--diffvia theterminal-runneragent:
Or examine detected facts in JSON mode:python .agents/skills/agents-md/scripts/detect_agents_md.py --diffpython .agents/skills/agents-md/scripts/detect_agents_md.py --json - Review Proposed Changes:
- Verify that all detected commands (
install,build,test,lint,typecheck) trace to actual manifests (pyproject.toml,package.json,Cargo.toml,go.mod,Makefile, etc.). - Verify that the core block stays within ~12-15 lines.
- If
AGENTS.mdalready exists, confirm that all hand-crafted custom sections (e.g.## Engineering Principles & Non-Negotiables) are preserved byte-for-byte in the diff.
- Verify that all detected commands (
- Apply Changes:
Once confirmed by the user, apply the changes:
python .agents/skills/agents-md/scripts/detect_agents_md.py --apply - Principles Audit (Optional):
If the user wants to audit principles in an existing
AGENTS.mdfor 100-year endurance, hand off to/audit-agents.
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