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DeepSeekAGENTS.md

deepseek-harness / website

deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/website/AGENTS.md

AGENTS.md — Documentation website adapter Follow the [root instructions](../AGENTS.md), the [documentation standard](../docs/AGENTS.md), and the [documentation workflow](../.agents/skills/dsh-doc/SKILL.md). ## Keep documentation content out of this tree `website/` owns only VitePress configuration

NousResearchAGENTS.md

hermes-agent / plugins

NousResearch/hermes-agent/plugins/AGENTS.md

VERSION`, a manifest-wide native `api:` match, or version literals on unrelated payloads. Documented surfaces stay additive: - Hook payload data is added as **keyword fields**; callbacks are signature-inspected

affaan-mAGENTS.md

ECC

affaan-m/ECC/AGENTS.md

Playwright testing | Critical user flows | | refactor-cleaner | Dead code cleanup | Code maintenance | | doc-updater | Documentation and codemaps | Updating docs | | cpp-reviewer | C/C++ code review | C and C++ projects | | cpp-build

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n8n-ioReads credentialsAGENTS.md

n8n

n8n-io/n8n/AGENTS.md

voice, and one instruction for each sentence - **JSDoc on `@Env(...)` config properties is public documentation.** The docs team exports these comments into the environment variable reference on docs.n8n.io. Write them

instructkrReads credentialsAGENTS.md

claude-code

instructkr/claude-code/AGENTS.md

file changes (path filters) - CI clippy job runs without `-D warnings` — weaker than the documented gate; known pre-existing failures recorded in docs/g002/g003 maps - `claw acp` is a status stub

MicrosoftAGENTS.md

vscode / agentHost

microsoft/vscode/src/vs/platform/agentHost/AGENTS.md

Multi-Chat Architecture > Node runtime service construction is documented separately in [`node/serviceBootstrapping.md`](node/serviceBootstrapping.md). Host startup timings, process-lifetime correlation, and session workload counts are documented in [`PERFORMANCE.md`](PERFORMANCE.md). > **Status: COMPLETE

MicrosoftAGENTS.md

vscode / prompts

microsoft/vscode/src/vs/platform/agentHost/node/copilot/prompts/AGENTS.md

tools registered by Agent Host. This internal debugging setting assumes those values use the documented string shape. > **Launch-time freeze.** The SDK accepts a system message only at session create/resume

avelinoAGENTS.md

awesome-go

avelino/awesome-go/AGENTS.md

awesome-go · LLM Contribution Guide This document summarizes the project context and the conventions that language models must follow when helping on this repository. ## Project Snapshot - Purpose: maintain the curated

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Significant-GravitasAGENTS.md

AutoGPT

Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT/AGENTS.md

autogpt_platform/frontend` – Next.js + Typescript frontend. - `autogpt_platform/docker-compose.yml` – development stack. See `docs/platform/getting-started.md` for setup instructions. ## Documentation - `docs/home/`, `docs/platform/` and `docs/integrations/` are the public docs site (agpt.co/docs). Only pages written

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AutoGPT / autogpt_platform

Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT/autogpt_platform/AGENTS.md

support - **Frontend** (`frontend`): Next.js React application - **Shared Libraries** (`autogpt_libs`): Common Python utilities ## Component Documentation - **Backend**: See @backend/AGENTS.md for backend-specific commands, architecture, and development tasks - **Frontend**: See @frontend/AGENTS.md

Significant-GravitasAGENTS.md

AutoGPT / vercel-react-best-practices

Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT/.claude/skills/vercel-react-best-practices/AGENTS.md

React Best Practices **Version 1.0.0** Vercel Engineering January 2026 > **Note:** > This document is mainly for agents and LLMs to follow when maintaining, > generating, or refactoring React and Next.js codebases

Significant-GravitasAGENTS.md

AutoGPT

Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT/docs/AGENTS.md

Documentation Guidelines ## Where a Document Goes - **Published pages** live in `docs/home/`, `docs/platform/` and `docs/integrations/`. GitBook publishes them at agpt.co/docs, and a page appears on the site once that folder

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langgeniusAGENTS.md

dify / api

langgenius/dify/api/AGENTS.md

testing) when adding or moving unit tests. ## Architecture And Boundaries Read all backend architecture documentation before modifying backend code: - [Backend architecture][architecture] - [Repositories][repositories] - [SQLAlchemy][sqlalchemy] - [Database schema][db-schema

langgeniusAGENTS.md

dify / cli

langgenius/dify/cli/AGENTS.md

commands`) own state. A plugin's `build()` closes over its own cache or loaded document; nothing outside a plugin reaches into another plugin's internals. Outside a plugin folder, import

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langgeniusAGENTS.md

dify / dify-agent

langgenius/dify/dify-agent/AGENTS.md

package's `uv` environment and Pydantic v2 APIs. Inspect current dependency source or official documentation before integrating, implementing, or mocking an API whose runtime contract is not established locally. ## Tests

langflow-aiAGENTS.md

langflow

langflow-ai/langflow/AGENTS.md

Reference any issues fixed (e.g., `Fixes #1234`) - Ensure all tests pass before submitting ## Documentation Documentation uses Docusaurus and lives in `docs/`: ```bash cd docs yarn install yarn start # Dev server

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langchain

langchain-ai/langchain/AGENTS.md

Global development guidelines for the LangChain monorepo This document provides context to understand the LangChain Python project and assist with development. ## Corridor security analysis When Corridor's `analyzePlan` tool

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VercelReads credentialsAGENTS.md

next.js

vercel/next.js/AGENTS.md

crates for Next.js SWC bindings ├── test/ # All test suites ├── examples/ # Example Next.js applications ├── docs/ # Documentation └── scripts/ # Build and maintenance scripts ``` ### Core Package: `packages/next` The main Next.js framework lives in `packages/next

VercelAGENTS.md

next.js / test

vercel/next.js/test/AGENTS.md

specific to self-hosted behavior; even then, prefer an explicit deploy-mode assertion that documents the different deployed semantics. - During code review, flag any new hardcoded cache

yangshunAGENTS.md

tech-interview-handbook

yangshun/tech-interview-handbook/AGENTS.md

tools can be checked using `vp --version`. This is useful when researching documentation, features, and bugs. ## Common Pitfalls - **Using the package manager directly:** Do not use pnpm, npm, or Yarn