agentsmd/agents.md resource
AGENTS.md — a simple, open format for guiding coding agents observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
62/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 27
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 379
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
23919 stars · 1807 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
AGENTS.md is a simple, open markdown format for giving AI coding agents project-specific context and instructions, like a README for agents. The repository hosts the specification plus a Next.js website with examples, and the format is adopted by many AI coding tools such as Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI.
Use cases
- give AI coding agents build and test instructions for my repo
- standardize agent instructions across multiple AI coding tools
- keep READMEs clean while providing agent-focused context
- document code style conventions for AI assistants
- set up a predictable instruction file for Codex or Cursor
- share dev environment tips with coding agents
When to choose
- you use AI coding agents and want a tool-agnostic, open instruction format
- you want one instruction file compatible with many agents like Codex, Cursor, and Devin
- your README is cluttered with agent-specific build and test details
When to avoid
- you need a proprietary agent-specific config format required by a particular tool
- you want executable agent automation rather than static markdown instructions
- your project has no AI coding agent usage
Facets
learning-resource · maturity active
documentation developer-tools agent-framework prompt-engineering developer-tools artificial-intelligence documentation cross-platform agents-md coding-agents specification open-format ai-assistants ai-agents
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/agentsmd/agents.md · fetched 2026-08-28 · 60ec51c22656
- homepage: https://agents.md · fetched 2026-08-29 · abcd92f2732a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| agentsmd/agents.md | main | 62 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="agentsmd/agents.md")
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