We split this AGENTS.md into the rules it gives an agent

4 rules. About 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 3 are very specific to this project.

• ≈0

  Common · estimate

  Many files like this have a rule of this kind.

• ≈1

  Distinctive · estimate

  This author's own choices. Worth a look.

• 3

  Very specific

  Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

• Common
• Distinctive
• Very specific

1. Very specific:

   Start of every non-trivial task: call orchestrate_task({ prompt: "<task>" })

   line 7
2. Very specific:

   Before every shell/Bash command: call validate_command({ command: "<cmd>" })

   line 8
3. Very specific:

   Before every new file Write or Edit on a file not yet read: call validate_write({ filepath: "<path>", cwd: "<absolute working directory>" })

   line 9
4. Distinctive:

   NEVER use em dashes (—) in any output: Do not use them in code, commit messages, comments, files, emails, or chat responses.

   line 14

≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 36,368 AGENTS.md files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

• Where files are headingNew AGENTS.md files have more rules about keeping secrets out of the code, and fewer about code style.

  Of the AGENTS.md files we read, the 28,693 first seen in the last six months, against the older ones: the kind of rule that gained most share, and the kind that lost most. About files like this in general, not this one, and an estimate, since a kind is a pattern in the words.

• In this repository319 other files it gives its agents.

  • AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
  • .codex/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
  • CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
  • .github/copilot-instructions.mdCopilot instructions
  • .cursor/rules/common-agents.mdCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/common-auto-intuition.mdCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/common-coding-style.mdCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/common-development-workflow.mdCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/common-git-workflow.mdCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/common-hooks.mdCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/common-patterns.mdCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/common-performance.mdCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/common-security.mdCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/common-testing.mdCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/egc-context.mdcCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/golang-coding-style.mdCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/golang-hooks.mdCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/golang-patterns.mdCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/golang-security.mdCursor rule
  • .cursor/rules/golang-testing.mdCursor rule
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