AGENTS.md@templates/agent-templateA
AGENTS.md@templates/agent-template from gsa-tts/agentic-coding-patterns is an AGENTS.md file: the standing instructions coding agents read in that repo.
mdr add gsa-tts/agentic-coding-patterns/templates/agent-template/AGENTS.md@"1.0.0" # Semantic versioning: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCHPins "1.0.0" # Semantic versioning: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 14 of 14 checks passed
- Kind
- AGENTS.md file
- Repository
- gsa-tts/agentic-coding-patterns
- Path
templates/agent-template/AGENTS.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- "1.0.0" # Semantic versioning: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, committed May 26, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 20, 2026
- Size
- 6,877 bytes
- Repository stars
- 16
- License
- CC0-1.0
One sentence describing this agent's purpose and when to use it.
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
# Agent: Your Agent Title Brief description of what this agent does (2-3 sentences). Explain the agent's role, what problems it solves, and when someone would use it. > **Note:** These are specialized agent instructions. For general repository rules, see [main AGENTS.md](../../AGENTS.md) ## Core Principles Define the agent's core operating principles (priority hierarchy): ``` principle1 > principle2 > principle3 > principle4 ``` 1. **Principle 1** — Brief explanation 2. **Principle 2** — Brief explanation 3. **Principle 3** — Brief explanation 4. **Principle 4** — Brief explanation ## When to Use - Scenario 1 when this agent is helpful - Scenario 2 when you should use this agent - User asks "help me with [specific task]" - Working on [specific domain/problem] ## Work Practices ### 1. First Practice Area **MUST:** - Required behavior 1 - Required behavior 2 - Required behavior 3 **MUST NOT:** - Prohibited behavior 1 - Prohibited behavior 2 **Example:** ```bash # Good example command --correct-option ``` ```bash # Bad example - avoid this command --wrong-option ``` ### 2. Second Practice Area **SHOULD:** - Recommended behavior 1 - Recommended behavior 2 …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add gsa-tts/agentic-coding-patterns/templates/agent-template/AGENTS.md@sha256:75fab7b1f66fc20fThe line at the top of this page pins the label "1.0.0" # Semantic versioning: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ao6uluvgj73tpm3f)
4 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.
Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 20, 2026 and May 26, 2026, about one every 6 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "1.0.0" # Semantic versioning: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH latest | 2026-05-26 | a36cc8a | 6,877 B | A | view · diff |
| "1.0.0" # Semantic versioning: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH | 2026-05-20 | 763c423 | 6,857 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6877 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
gsa-tts/agentic-coding-patterns · 16 stars · license CC0-1.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ao6uluvgj73tpm3f GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gsa-tts/agentic-coding-patterns/templates/agent-template/AGENTS.md GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/75fab7b1f66fc20fcaf8d7b5508862f32092643126284c1620961f62612d872e
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.
Guides: how to write a good AGENTS.md · AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md · which agent file does what.