AGENTS.md
by AGENTS.md (multi-vendor open format)
Open format for a repo instruction file that coding agents read.
The format gives repositories a recognizable place for instructions intended for coding agents. It helps readers distinguish project guidance from the task request supplied during an individual session.
- Level
- Beginner
- Models
- any
- Category
- Context Engineering
- Tags
- coding-agents, instruction-files
- Source date
- date not stated
- Added
- 2026-10-18
- Last verified
- 2026-10-18
- Status
- ok
- Prerequisites
- Conceptual or guided prompt use; the main path does not require writing code.
- Subcategory
- agent instruction files
- Region
- other
- Original language
- en
- Access
- free
- Resource reuse
- closed: No general open-reuse grant established from the inspected page. Closed is the conservative index bucket, not a legal finding; the resource is publicly readable. Facet definitions
Summary in our own words. Rights remain with the original creator. Credit and correction policy.