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

12 rules. About 0 are common, 6 are distinctive, and 6 are very specific to this project.

• ≈0

  Common · estimate

  Many files like this have a rule of this kind.

• ≈6

  Distinctive · estimate

  This author's own choices. Worth a look.

• 6

  Very specific

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

• Common
• Distinctive
• Very specific

1. Very specific:

   Avoid any unless unavoidable.

   line 33
2. Distinctive:

   Prefer existing utility functions over introducing new helpers.

   line 34
3. Distinctive:

   Every created resource should have a clear cleanup path.

   line 49
4. Distinctive:

   Do not remove existing code only because it looks unused.

   line 67
5. Distinctive:

   remove compatibility code without proof

   line 76
6. Distinctive:

   When add new feature and introduce break changes, add the change to history.md.

   line 80
7. Very specific:

   Update doc/coc.txt after vim interface change.

   line 81
8. Very specific:

   Update doc/coc-api.txt after API change.

   line 82
9. Very specific:

   Update doc/coc-config.txt after coc.nvim configuration change.

   line 83
10. Very specific:

    Check that public coc.nvim APIs remain stable and properly typed.

    line 88
11. Distinctive:

    Check Vim and Neovim behavior, buffer switching, cancellation, disposal, and asynchronous race conditions.

    line 89
12. Very specific:

    Use node scripts/test/cli.mjs <path_to_file> for run specific test file.

    line 95

≈ “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.