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AGENTS.md192 starsChanged 6 days agoMITView on GitHub
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.
In this repository4 other files it gives its agents.
- component-auditorSkill
- component-builderSkill
- component-cleanupSkill
- component-inventorySkill
The file
We split this AGENTS.md into the rules it gives an agent
9 rules. About 1 is common, 5 are distinctive, and 3 are very specific to this project.
≈1
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
- Very specific: line 3
Keep component-builder as the default entry point for constructing new components.
- Distinctive: line 4
Create a separate skill only when a topic has an independent workflow, inputs, outputs, or tools.
- Distinctive: line 6
Treat visual variants as choices within a component reference, not as separate skills.
- Distinctive: line 7
Keep guidance stack-aware and project-adaptive.
- Distinctive: line 9
Keep component-builder focused on new construction.
- Very specific: line 12
Update catalog/components.json whenever a component reference is added, renamed, or removed.
- Very specific: line 13
Run npm test before completing structural changes.
- Distinctive: line 14
Keep detailed workflow rules with their owning skill reference.
- Common: line 15
Keep public guidance self-contained and generic.
≈ “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 instructions
- Keep
component-builderas the default entry point for constructing new components. - Create a separate skill only when a topic has an independent workflow, inputs, outputs, or tools.
- Maintain each component concept in one file under
references/components/. - Treat visual variants as choices within a component reference, not as separate skills.
- Keep guidance stack-aware and project-adaptive. Do not assume React, Tailwind, or shadcn unless the target project already uses them or the user selects them.
- Route complete new-page requests to Pagina. Pagina owns generic page-type recommendations; actual project component-to-page relationships belong in the target project component system document.
- Keep component-builder focused on new construction. Use component-inventory for discovery and its required project document, component-auditor for existing-component analysis and authorized reconstruction, and component-cleanup for verified unused components and migration leftovers.
- Reuse existing project primitives and tokens; preserve project-specific decisions. Do not treat missing imports alone as permission to delete components.
- Maintain each target project component system document at its existing location; Bricks stores generic workflows and templates, not client inventories.
- Update
catalog/components.jsonwhenever a component reference is added, renamed, or removed. - Run
npm testbefore completing structural changes. - Keep detailed workflow rules with their owning skill reference; entry points and indexes summarize and link instead of duplicating full procedures.
- Keep public guidance self-contained and generic. Exclude client identities, internal URLs, workstation paths, credentials and project-specific design decisions; public repository identity is intentional.
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