Your README Is for Humans. Your AGENTS.md Is for Coding Agents
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Introduces AGENTS.md for coding agents, novel and directly actionable for AI-assisted development.
Summary
Coding agents need project-specific operational instructions that READMEs don't provide. The AGENTS.md file fills this gap by documenting exact test commands, generated code boundaries, architectural rules, and definitions of done β information agents require to avoid introducing duplicate libraries, inconsistent error formats, or edits to auto-generated files. GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex now support AGENTS.md natively, making repository-level agent instructions a standard part of the development environment.