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AGENTS.md
MITThe open AGENTS.md format for guiding coding agents, with a sample file — the cross-vendor counterpart to CLAUDE.md and .cursorrules.
Summary
AGENTS.md is a simple, open format for guiding coding agents. Think of AGENTS.md as a README for agents: a dedicated, predictable place to provide context and instructions to help AI coding agents work on your project.
- Formats
agent-md- License
- MIT
- Added
- 2026-09-10
Get it
From the project’s own instructions where it documents any; otherwise a plain clone.
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$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/agentsmd/agents.md
Shallow clone: history isn’t needed for testing.
Contents
62 files 2.1 MB repository
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.tsx19 -
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.json2 -
.md2 -
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.ts2 -
.css1
Use it with
Commands are curated, not yet run by us.
Claude Code — Install one subagent definition for every project on this machine.
$ cp agent.md ~/.claude/agents/
Claude Code — Confirm the subagent loaded.
$ claude -p 'List the subagents you can delegate to and what each one is for.'
OpenAI Codex CLI — Have Codex read an instruction file non-interactively.
$ codex exec 'Read agent.md and summarise the instructions it gives an agent.'