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AGENTS.md from zby/commonplace is an AGENTS.md file: the standing instructions coding agents read in that repo.

Install it, pinned
mdr add zby/commonplace/AGENTS.md@git:20261104.a00f07f

Pins git:20261104.a00f07f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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AGENTS.md file
Repository
zby/commonplace
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AGENTS.md
Versions recorded
40
Latest version
git:20261104.a00f07f, committed Nov 4, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 29, 2026
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13,332 bytes
Repository stars
92
License
CC-BY-4.0

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Commonplace

`CLAUDE.md` is a symlink to this file. Edit `AGENTS.md` directly.

## Repository Overview

Commonplace is a framework for agent-operated knowledge bases: methodology,
types, instructions, skills and Python commands. This repository is itself a
KB; its methodology is its content. Develop it through use: retain observed
limits, revise the methods and record episodes as research evidence.

## KB Goals and Scope

### Purpose

Support agents and maintainers deciding KB architecture, types, writing,
context engineering and knowledge organization in Commonplace and consuming KBs.
The KB's assertions assume the Popperian tradition declared in
[epistemic stance](./kb/reference/epistemic-stance.md).

### Scope

In scope: agent-operated KB methodology — structure, writing, linking,
validation, review, maintenance, context engineering and comparisons with
external knowledge systems.

Out of scope: application-specific content (belongs in consuming projects);
general software engineering, learning theory or cognitive science unless it
directly informs KB design; raw logs without analysis (use `kb/log.md`).

### Quality bar
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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add zby/commonplace/AGENTS.md@sha256:ef7ec926f1ae3343

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261104.a00f07f, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Source

GitHub

zby/commonplace · 92 stars · license CC-BY-4.0 · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2pmq62f2pabdg2h6
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=zby/commonplace/AGENTS.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ef7ec926f1ae33435505a5d92e0edcd34c8779fedd84389f7b80ce4da1f6f966

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

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