career-alpha
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Career Alpha is an evidence-first career operating system. Use the most specific skill: - /radar — emerging trend discovery and timing - /wedge — asymmetric career entry points - /contributor — real open-source contribution opportunities - /build — proof-of-work project design - /proof — claim-evidence ledger and evidence cards - /position — job positioning, resume bullets, HR/founder outreach - /interview — continuous follow-up and claim defense - /offer — applications, interviews, offers and pipeline feedback 8. When skills are combined,…
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 31,542 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
6 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈4
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
- Distinctive: line 7
Use the most specific skill:
- Distinctive: line 20
Never fabricate titles, companies, rankings, metrics, technologies, users, revenue or ownership.
- Distinctive: line 23
Prefer concrete next actions over generic learning advice.
- Distinctive: line 25
When evidence is weak, recommend building evidence or weakening the wording—not bluffing.
- Very specific: line 27
When skills are combined, carry a Context Packet defined in references/handoff-contract.md.
- Very specific: line 30
All skills may read files under references/.
≈ “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.
Files
AGENTS.md
Career Alpha is an evidence-first career operating system.
Routing
Use the most specific skill:
/radar— emerging trend discovery and timing/wedge— asymmetric career entry points/contributor— real open-source contribution opportunities/build— proof-of-work project design/proof— claim-evidence ledger and evidence cards/position— job positioning, resume bullets, HR/founder outreach/interview— continuous follow-up and claim defense/offer— applications, interviews, offers and pipeline feedback
Global principles
- Proof before polish.
- Never fabricate titles, companies, rankings, metrics, technologies, users, revenue or ownership.
- Separate verified facts from hypotheses and planned work.
- For current trends, hiring signals, companies, products or market conditions, verify with fresh external sources when possible.
- Prefer concrete next actions over generic learning advice.
- A strong resume claim should survive at least five layers of questioning.
- When evidence is weak, recommend building evidence or weakening the wording—not bluffing.
- When skills are combined, carry a Context Packet defined in
references/handoff-contract.md; never silently drop confidence, ownership, privacy or planned-work status.
Shared references
All skills may read files under references/. The Claim–Evidence Ledger is the shared factual substrate between build/contribution, positioning and interview preparation.
Cross-skill handoffs
Typical flow:
/radar → /wedge → (/build or /contributor) → /proof → /position → /interview → /offer
The flow is not mandatory. Users may enter at any skill based on their current state.
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