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

7 rules. About 0 are common, 5 are distinctive, and 2 are 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.

• 2

  Very specific

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

• Common
• Distinctive
• Very specific

1. Distinctive:

   Prefer existing wrappers over raw tool entrypoints when the repo already has a curated seam.

   line 7
2. Distinctive:

   Do not bypass that lock for real heavy commands just to make a local loop look faster.

   line 14
3. Very specific:

   If you change the lock heuristics, add or update the narrow tests under test/scripts/.

   line 16
4. Distinctive:

   If a script writes generated artifacts, keep the source-of-truth generator, the package script, and the matching verification/check command …

   line 20
5. Very specific:

   Prefer additive generator/check pairs like *:gen and *:check over one-off undocumented scripts.

   line 21
6. Distinctive:

   Keep script-runner behavior, wrapper expectations, and generated-artifact guidance here.

   line 25
7. Distinctive:

   Leave repo-global verification policy in the root AGENTS.md.

   line 26

≈ “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.

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