AGENTS.md Template for Coding Agents (2026)
Copy a repository contract with authority, validation, safety boundaries, stop conditions, evidence handoff, nested scope, and a clean-session verification gate.
Writing
Notes on AGENTS.md, context engineering, and the failure modes that taught us each lesson.
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Write a concise AGENTS.md with exact commands, scoped boundaries, nested instructions, validation rules, and clean-session proof that coding agents can actually follow.
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10 Real-World AGENTS.md Examples (With Analysis)
Ten real AGENTS.md files from public open-source repositories, each annotated for what works, what does not, and what to copy. The fastest way to learn AGENTS.md is to read the best ones.
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Supported harness patterns
A working harness combines tests, docs, scripts, conventions, fixtures, examples, and decision records.