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

8 rules. About 0 are common, 5 are distinctive, and 3 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.

• 3

  Very specific

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

• Common
• Distinctive
• Very specific

1. Very specific:

   Prefer lobster for multi-step or repeatable workflows.

   line 7
2. Distinctive:

   Use direct shell commands for simple one-off tasks.

   line 8
3. Distinctive:

   Prefer deterministic pipelines/workflows over ad-hoc LLM re-planning loops.

   line 9
4. Distinctive:

   Use tool mode for machine-readable output:

   line 13
5. Very specific:

   If lobster is not on PATH, use:

   line 16
6. Very specific:

   Treat status: "needs_approval" as a hard stop.

   line 21
7. Distinctive:

   Never auto-approve on behalf of a user.

   line 22
8. Distinctive:

   Avoid embedding unsafe user strings directly into shell command text.

   line 34

≈ “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.

• Other versions1 project uses a version of this.

  Word for word · 1

  1. openclaw/lobster★ 1.3k100% same

  Edited · 0

  None found.

  Wrote their own version · 0

  None found.

  How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.

• 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.

• In this repositoryOne other file it gives its agents.

  • crabboxSkill