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

Install it, pinned
mdr add etr/groundwork/AGENTS.md@git:20260913.a08ec3f

Pins git:20260913.a08ec3f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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AGENTS.md file
Repository
etr/groundwork
Path
AGENTS.md
Versions recorded
5
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git:20260913.a08ec3f, committed Sep 13, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 13, 2026
Size
12,114 bytes
Repository stars
44
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

# AGENTS.md

This file provides guidance to Codex (Codex.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

## Project Overview

Groundwork is a Claude Code plugin that provides a skills library for structured development workflows. It contains 40 skills spanning the full lifecycle — discovery, domain modeling, architecture, planning, TDD, debugging, validation, and shipping. Every capability is a skill; there is no separate commands layer (skills are both user-invocable via `/groundwork:<name>` and, where appropriate, model-invocable).

The `using-groundwork` skill is the **lifecycle router**: it maps work → skill across every phase and is the only way the model can surface user-only leaves (which are invisible to it at call time). When authoring or editing a skill, see `docs/developing-skills.md` (contributor guide: anatomy, frontmatter, tier selection, authoring discipline, progressive disclosure).

## Project Structure

This is a **Claude Code plugin**, not a traditional software project. There is no build step for Claude Code use. A separate installer (`install-skills.sh`) *exports* the skills to other AI coding harnesses (see "Multi-target installation" below).

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add etr/groundwork/AGENTS.md@sha256:2f00ecc5400d9658

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260913.a08ec3f, 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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The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, all committed on Sep 13, 2026.

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Source

GitHub

etr/groundwork · 44 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_b6bux35lxfjz5ke4
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=etr/groundwork/AGENTS.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2f00ecc5400d96580828ef609358f9465552a997e064205f9494fbaa6754748f

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.

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