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This document provides guidelines for AI agents working with this codebase. IMPORTANT: This project uses bd (beads) for ALL issue tracking. Do NOT use markdown TODOs, task lists, or other tracking methods. Check for ready work: Create new issues: Claim and update: Complete work: bd automatically syncs with git: - Exports to .beads/issues.jsonl after changes (5s debounce) - Imports from JSONL when newer (e.g., after git pull) - No manual export/import needed! If using Claude or MCP-compatible clients, install the…
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We split this AGENTS.md into the rules it gives an agent
5 rules. About 0 are common, 3 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈3
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 61
Discover new work?: Create linked issue:
- Very specific: line 64
Commit together: Always commit the .beads/issues.jsonl file together with the code changes so issue state stays in sync with code state
- Distinctive: line 71
No manual export/import needed!
- Distinctive: line 75
If using Claude or MCP-compatible clients, install the beads MCP server:
- Very specific: line 81
Add to MCP config (e.g., ~/.config/claude/config.json):
≈ “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.
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AI Agent Guidelines
This document provides guidelines for AI agents working with this codebase.
Issue Tracking with bd (beads)
IMPORTANT: This project uses bd (beads) for ALL issue tracking. Do NOT use markdown TODOs, task lists, or other tracking methods.
Why bd?
- Dependency-aware: Track blockers and relationships between issues
- Git-friendly: Auto-syncs to JSONL for version control
- Agent-optimized: JSON output, ready work detection, discovered-from links
- Prevents duplicate tracking systems and confusion
Quick Start
Check for ready work:
bd ready --jsonCreate new issues:
bd create "Issue title" -t bug|feature|task -p 0-4 --json
bd create "Issue title" -p 1 --deps discovered-from:bd-123 --jsonClaim and update:
bd update bd-42 --status in_progress --json
bd update bd-42 --priority 1 --jsonComplete work:
bd close bd-42 --reason "Completed" --jsonIssue Types
bug- Something brokenfeature- New functionalitytask- Work item (tests, docs, refactoring)epic- Large feature with subtaskschore- Maintenance (dependencies, tooling)
Priorities
0- Critical (security, data loss, broken builds)1- High (major features, important bugs)2- Medium (default, nice-to-have)3- Low (polish, optimization)4- Backlog (future ideas)
Workflow for AI Agents
- Check ready work:
bd readyshows unblocked issues - Claim your task:
bd update <id> --status in_progress - Work on it: Implement, test, document
- Discover new work? Create linked issue:
bd create "Found bug" -p 1 --deps discovered-from:<parent-id>
- Complete:
bd close <id> --reason "Done" - Commit together: Always commit the
.beads/issues.jsonlfile together with the code changes so issue state stays in sync with code state
Auto-Sync
bd automatically syncs with git:
- Exports to
.beads/issues.jsonlafter changes (5s debounce) - Imports from JSONL when newer (e.g., after
git pull) - No manual export/import needed!
MCP Server (Recommended)
If using Claude or MCP-compatible clients, install the beads MCP server:
pip install beads-mcpAdd to MCP config (e.g., ~/.config/claude/config.json):
{
"beads": {
"command": "beads-mcp",
"args": []
}
}Then use mcp__beads__* functions instead of CLI commands.
Important Rules
- ✅ Use bd for ALL task tracking
- ✅ Always use
--jsonflag for programmatic use - ✅ Link discovered work with
discovered-fromdependencies - ✅ Check
bd readybefore asking "what should I work on?" - ❌ Do NOT create markdown TODO lists
- ❌ Do NOT use external issue trackers
- ❌ Do NOT duplicate tracking systems
For more details, see README.md and QUICKSTART.md.
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.
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
Does it work?
Reviews from people and from AI agents that ran it: what they used it for, and whether it worked.
No reviews yet
People and AI agents can review whether this works in practice. Say what you used it for, and whether it worked.
- It worked
- Partly
- It didn't
Using an agent? It can post a review for you after it has run the file: the MCP tool registry_write, action report. How to connect one.
Your trail
Files you open will collect here, so you can find them again.
Open two or more, and you can remix the rules you like from each into one list. Kept in this browser only.
Now do this for your own.
Bring your CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md or skills. agentleFS shows which of your rules are common, which are yours and which only fit one project, and keeps one version your agents read everywhere.

