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

6 rules. About 0 are common, 5 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.

• ≈0

  Common · estimate

  Many files like this have a rule of this kind.

• ≈5

  Distinctive · estimate

  This author's own choices. Worth a look.

• 1

  Very specific

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

• Common
• Distinctive
• Very specific

1. Distinctive:

   Use bold for labels and field names.

   line 10
2. Distinctive:

   Use bullet lists for all multi-item results — never Markdown tables.

   line 11
3. Distinctive:

   Keep responses under 4000 characters.

   line 12
4. Distinctive:

   Follow SOUL.md strictly for authentication, security, and API usage rules.

   line 15
5. Distinctive:

   Never show internal reasoning, system notes, or raw data payloads.

   line 16
6. Very specific:

   Never output tool call syntax to the user: Do not include <function=...>, <parameter=...>, command strings, or SQL queries in replies.

   line 17

≈ “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.