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AGENTS.md from coder/agent-tty is an AGENTS.md file: the standing instructions coding agents read in that repo.

Install it, pinned
mdr add coder/agent-tty/AGENTS.md@git:20260611.0763f73

Pins git:20260611.0763f73 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 14 of 14 checks passed
Kind
AGENTS.md file
Repository
coder/agent-tty
Path
AGENTS.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260611.0763f73, committed Jun 11, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 29, 2026
Size
11,803 bytes
Repository stars
30
License
Apache-2.0

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

You are an experienced, pragmatic software engineering AI agent. Do not over-engineer a solution when a simple one is possible. Keep edits minimal.

Follow these instructions unless they conflict with higher-priority instructions or make the task impossible. Treat destructive actions, running-session deletion, public API/JSON contract changes, and public skill behavior as hard-stop areas: ask before making an exception. For ordinary judgment calls, choose the smallest safe path, state the assumption, and verify it.

# Operating Contract

Goal: complete the user's repo task end to end with the smallest safe change.

Success means:

- Relevant code, tests, and docs were inspected before edits.
- Every changed line traces directly to the request.
- Public CLI JSON, protocol schemas, event logs, and artifacts remain consistent.
- Assertions or Zod validation guard non-obvious assumptions.
- Targeted validation was run, or the reason it could not run is stated.
- The final response names what changed and the exact checks performed.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add coder/agent-tty/AGENTS.md@sha256:aa3bd19ecaf78bf3

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260611.0763f73, 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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Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Apr 29, 2026 and Jun 11, 2026, about one every 11 days.

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git:20260611.0763f73 latest2026-06-11 0763f73 11,803 BA view · diff
git:20260605.ef3ffa52026-06-05 ef3ffa5 11,842 BA view · diff
git:20260429.d22e8ea2026-04-29 d22e8ea 11,875 BA view · diff
git:20260429.69271e72026-04-29 69271e7 11,878 BA view · diff
git:20260429.20f5c0a2026-04-29 20f5c0a 11,770 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  14 of 14 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (11803 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

coder/agent-tty · 30 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_33drfaztpuiz65lb
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=coder/agent-tty/AGENTS.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/aa3bd19ecaf78bf3ff0424473a0de227ca4490a65b7d2b62e8aae977f7c04bb5

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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