L2-ATLAS-PROJECT
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Build L2 ATLAS as an AI operator/company cockpit using Hermes as the main runtime foundation and L2 and imported skill assets as reusable modules. Prototype in Python. Cement in Rust. Avoid C unless necessary. D-022 (accepted 2026-06-10) makes Rust-first immediate for all new infrastructure: Phase 7 gateway is Rust; new Python is confined to the Hermes-derived foundation surface, LLM adapters, and throwaway scripts. Update .planning/STATE.md after every meaningful step.
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 31,700 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.
The file
We split this AGENTS.md into the rules it gives an agent
7 rules. About 1 is common, 4 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
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Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈4
Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
2
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Common: line 9
Do not copy secrets or raw personal data into this repo.
- Distinctive: line 10
Do not destructively reorganize existing repos.
- Distinctive: line 11
Do not keep Hermes as a black-box dependency.
- Distinctive: line 12
Keep actions auditable: reason, input, tool/action, output, verification.
- Distinctive: line 13
Use flexible priority blocks, not rigid schedules.
- Very specific: line 33
All Python code must follow migration prerequisites: frozen Pydantic v2 models, JSON-stable model_dump(), no circular deps, no heavy …
- Very specific: line 39
Update .planning/STATE.md after every meaningful step.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 40,246 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.
Files
AGENTS.md — L2 ATLAS PROJECT
Mission
Build L2 ATLAS as an AI operator/company cockpit using Hermes as the main runtime foundation and L2 and imported skill assets as reusable modules.
Non-negotiables
- Do not copy secrets or raw personal data into this repo.
- Do not destructively reorganize existing repos.
- Do not keep Hermes as a black-box dependency; ATLAS should be built from/enhance the Hermes foundation with documented changes.
- Keep actions auditable: reason, input, tool/action, output, verification.
- Use flexible priority blocks, not rigid schedules.
Architecture rule
Separate:
- raw sources;
- compiled wiki/memory;
- runtime execution;
- cockpit UI.
Language rule (D-013, cementation timing resolved by D-022)
Prototype in Python. Cement in Rust. Avoid C unless necessary. D-022 (accepted 2026-06-10) makes Rust-first immediate for all new infrastructure: Phase 7 gateway is Rust; new Python is confined to the Hermes-derived foundation surface, LLM adapters, and throwaway scripts.
- Python is the current orchestration layer and is permanent for the Hermes plugin API.
- The critical runtime (CLI, policy, executor, mission parser, state) will migrate to Rust module by module after behavior is validated in Python.
- All Python code must follow migration prerequisites: frozen Pydantic v2 models, JSON-stable
model_dump(), no circular deps, no heavy frameworks. - Approved Python deps:
pydantic,prompt_toolkit,rich,pytest,ruff. No new frameworks without a new decision. - The
native/layer is Rust from the start (D-005).
Planning rule
Update .planning/STATE.md after every meaningful step.
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Your trail
Files you open will collect here, so you can find them again.
Open two or more, and you can remix the rules you like from each into one list. Kept in this browser only.
Now do this for your own.
Bring your CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md or skills. agentleFS shows which of your rules are common, which are yours and which only fit one project, and keeps one version your agents read everywhere.

