AGENTS.md — Assistant Operating Specification
A public Markdown instruction template for coding assistants, covering workflow, response quality and session behavior; reuse permission is not granted by a license.
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Listed Nov 2026
About AGENTS.md — Assistant Operating Specification
This repository by lordon1a contains a single Markdown instruction template for coding assistants. It covers role, capabilities, workflow, response quality, tone and session behavior. The README describes an execution-oriented style and provides placement examples for Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenCode, Cursor and Gemini CLI.
Format and scope
The file is approximately 14 KB and contains no tool-specific frontmatter. It is an instruction template, not an application, API, model or enforcement mechanism. Its claimed behavioral effects depend on the receiving tool; custom instructions cannot guarantee precedence over a tool’s governing rules or permissions.
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The repository is publicly readable without payment. The author explicitly states that no license file exists, default copyright applies, and users should contact the author about reuse. Public access does not grant an open-source license or redistribution permission.
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- Read the public Markdown specification
Capabilities
Key Features
- Single self-contained system prompt in plain Markdown
- Defines role, capabilities, values, domains, safety policy, refusal handling, reasoning procedure, tone and session conduct
- Single governing harm principle with five prohibitions
- Catalog of over-refusal patterns to avoid
- Tool-agnostic with no tool-specific syntax
- Install paths documented for Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenCode, Cursor and Gemini CLI
- Editable: scope down domains or append project-specific section