llms.txtA
llms.txt from oliver-zehentleitner/keep-the-why is an llms.txt file: plain text a project publishes for AI models to read.
mdr add oliver-zehentleitner/keep-the-why/llms.txt@git:20261012.4c14d0dPins git:20261012.4c14d0d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 14 of 14 checks passed
- Kind
- llms.txt file
- Repository
- oliver-zehentleitner/keep-the-why
- Path
llms.txt- Versions recorded
- 56
- Latest version
- git:20261012.4c14d0d, committed Oct 12, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 2, 2026
- Size
- 39,856 bytes
- Repository stars
- 232
- License
- MIT
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
# Keep the Why > The why layer of repo-native project memory: the reasoning behind a codebase as Markdown in the > repo, versioned by Git, for coding agents and humans, so nothing rejected is proposed twice. Keep the Why is the why layer of repo-native project memory (the thesis, by the same author: https://oliver-zehentleitner.github.io/repo-native-project-memory/ — the repository already holds what a project is, how it works and what changed; context/ is the row it was missing): an agent skill, and the file convention it maintains, that preserve the reasoning behind a codebase — architecture decisions, rejected alternatives, workarounds, incident learnings, operational constraints that the code alone can't explain — in the repo. That memory is plain Markdown in `context/`, committed with the code, so Git already provides the storage, the history and the distribution: it travels with every clone, branch and fork, and a pull request shows the reasoning diff beside the code diff; permissions and review are the code's, and git blame and git log are the audit trail of every entry (permissions, distribution, review, forks, …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add oliver-zehentleitner/keep-the-why/llms.txt@sha256:24b78e38b4c6a50bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261012.4c14d0d, 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 56 versions of this file, between Sep 2, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026, more than one a day.
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| git:20261012.4c14d0d latest | 2026-10-12 | 4c14d0d | 39,856 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.02450ff | 2026-10-12 | 02450ff | 39,840 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261011.348db2f | 2026-10-11 | 348db2f | 38,749 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261009.bb024f1 | 2026-10-09 | bb024f1 | 38,749 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261008.3d28d43 | 2026-10-08 | 3d28d43 | 38,542 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261006.47a54e6 | 2026-10-06 | 47a54e6 | 38,482 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261006.5f3ac8b | 2026-10-06 | 5f3ac8b | 38,445 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261006.7f8377c | 2026-10-06 | 7f8377c | 37,388 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261005.00915de | 2026-10-05 | 00915de | 37,027 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261005.eae4a24 | 2026-10-05 | eae4a24 | 37,027 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261004.08407b2 | 2026-10-04 | 08407b2 | 36,244 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261002.e1f458d | 2026-10-02 | e1f458d | 35,712 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261002.5cea781 | 2026-10-02 | 5cea781 | 35,712 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261001.3b5c253 | 2026-10-01 | 3b5c253 | 34,424 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261001.74972d1 | 2026-10-01 | 74972d1 | 34,429 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261001.ed30283 | 2026-10-01 | ed30283 | 34,285 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.6b5f9cd | 2026-09-30 | 6b5f9cd | 34,184 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.6990a82 | 2026-09-30 | 6990a82 | 34,184 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260927.3ed4fcd | 2026-09-27 | 3ed4fcd | 30,876 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260927.236573a | 2026-09-27 | 236573a | 30,687 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260924.5c49348 | 2026-09-24 | 5c49348 | 30,310 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260923.243f27c | 2026-09-23 | 243f27c | 29,991 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260923.1465bb9 | 2026-09-23 | 1465bb9 | 29,406 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260922.880be51 | 2026-09-22 | 880be51 | 29,505 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260922.78c6d4e | 2026-09-22 | 78c6d4e | 28,925 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260922.d5d23c5 | 2026-09-22 | d5d23c5 | 27,983 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260918.5ccc7d8 | 2026-09-18 | 5ccc7d8 | 24,489 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260918.d6e72b0 | 2026-09-18 | d6e72b0 | 24,489 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260914.a774b74 | 2026-09-14 | a774b74 | 24,312 B | A | view · diff |
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| git:20260910.b071f59 | 2026-09-10 | b071f59 | 21,958 B | A | view · diff |
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| git:20260908.3005066 | 2026-09-08 | 3005066 | 21,483 B | A | view · diff |
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| git:20260907.5cc2191 | 2026-09-07 | 5cc2191 | 19,564 B | A | view · diff |
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| git:20260907.a14f8da | 2026-09-07 | a14f8da | 19,564 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260907.2e1bf7e | 2026-09-07 | 2e1bf7e | 19,564 B | A | view · diff |
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| git:20260906.7217f9b | 2026-09-06 | 7217f9b | 18,875 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (39856 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
oliver-zehentleitner/keep-the-why · 232 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6xcjci2djknpodxg GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=oliver-zehentleitner/keep-the-why/llms.txt GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/24b78e38b4c6a50b644cd8035f51513f9953da703c19a969cc276cfedc7d07c8
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