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cmd/ contains CLI entrypoints and Bubble Tea TUIs, including the main binary at cmd/scribe. Core application logic lives under internal/, split by concern such as internal/workflow, internal/sync, internal/state, internal/tools, and internal/provider. User-facing docs and design notes live in docs/. Sample or local agent assets may exist under agents/, but production code should stay in cmd/ or internal/. Use standard Go formatting and keep code gofmt-clean. Prefer small functions, explicit error handling, and package-local helpers over cross-package shortcuts. Keep package names…
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 31,774 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
3 rules. About 0 are common, 0 are distinctive, and 3 are very specific to this project.
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Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
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Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
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- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 21
Write table-driven Go tests where practical.
- Very specific: line 25
Follow the repo’s history: short imperative commit subjects such as fix: preserve tools on list TUI updates or perf: lazy-init command …
- Very specific: line 29
Do not read from or modify files outside this repository worktree unless the user explicitly asks for it.
≈ “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.
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Repository Guidelines
Project Structure & Module Organization
cmd/ contains CLI entrypoints and Bubble Tea TUIs, including the main binary at cmd/scribe. Core application logic lives under internal/, split by concern such as internal/workflow, internal/sync, internal/state, internal/tools, and internal/provider. User-facing docs and design notes live in docs/. Sample or local agent assets may exist under agents/, but production code should stay in cmd/ or internal/.
Build, Test, and Development Commands
go build ./...builds all packages and catches compile-time regressions.go test ./...runs the full test suite.go test ./internal/workflow ./internal/sync ./cmdis a good focused pass for command and sync changes.go run ./cmd/scribe --helpruns the CLI locally.go run ./cmd/scribe list --jsonis a quick smoke test for non-TTY output.
Coding Style & Naming Conventions
Use standard Go formatting and keep code gofmt-clean. Prefer small functions, explicit error handling, and package-local helpers over cross-package shortcuts. Keep package names lowercase and file names descriptive, for example list_tui.go or syncer.go. Cobra commands should follow the existing newXCommand and runX pattern. Tests should sit next to the code they cover.
Testing Guidelines
Write table-driven Go tests where practical. Name tests with TestXxx and keep them close to the changed package. Cover behavior changes, not just happy paths; TUI and workflow regressions should include command-path tests when possible. Run go test ./... before committing.
Commit & Pull Request Guidelines
Follow the repo’s history: short imperative commit subjects such as fix: preserve tools on list TUI updates or perf: lazy-init command dependencies. Prefer focused commits over mixed refactors. PRs should explain the user-visible change, note risks or migration impact, and include terminal output or screenshots when changing TUI behavior.
Agent-Specific Instructions
Do not read from or modify files outside this repository worktree unless the user explicitly asks for it. Treat external paths such as ~/.scribe/ as off-limits by default.
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