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It is still baffling to me why we need AGENTS.md Any well-maintained project should already have a CONTRIBUTING.md that has good information for both humans an
by kkapelon 8mo ago
It is still baffling to me why we need AGENTS.md
Any well-maintained project should already have a CONTRIBUTING.md that has good information for both humans and agents.
Sometimes I actually start my sessions like this "please read the contributing.md file to understand how to build/test this project before making any code changes"
- benreesman 8mo agoIf the harnesses had a simple system prompt "read repository level markdown and honor the house style"? Think of the agent app store people's children man, it would be a sad Christmas.
- CharlieDigital 8mo agoJust symlink CONTRIBUTING as AGENTS
- kkapelon 8mo agoThis only works on systems that support symlinks. It also pollutes the root folder with more files. I understand the sentiment, but it is really strange that the people that are pushing for agents.md haven't seen https://contributing.md/ https://contributing.md/ Is it even mentioned at GitHub docs https://docs.github.com/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/setting-guidelines-for-repository-contributors#about-contributing-guidelines https://docs.github.com/en/communities/setting-up-your-proje...