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

Install it, pinned
mdr add rhovian/niles/AGENTS.md@git:20261027.ca1e0c8

Pins git:20261027.ca1e0c8 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 14 of 14 checks passed
Kind
AGENTS.md file
Repository
rhovian/niles
Path
AGENTS.md
Versions recorded
7
Latest version
git:20261027.ca1e0c8, committed Oct 27, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 13, 2026
Size
3,605 bytes
Repository stars
4
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

# Niles

Rust CLI that coordinates coding agents from different model families in tmux. Single crate,
Unix only. Discover modules and commands from the source and `niles --help` rather than a list
here.

Machine-specific or private notes go in `AGENTS.local.md` (gitignored); read it if present.

## Git

- Branch for new work, named `<issue>-<slug>`. Don't commit to `main` unless told to.
- Commit and push only when explicitly asked. Finishing a change is not a cue to commit it.

## Checks

[CI](.github/workflows/ci.yml) runs the checks on push; don't rerun them locally. Before
reporting a change done, run only what CI doesn't cover, such as the focused tests for the
code you changed, and say what printed.

## Standards

- Simple, idiomatic, first-principles. Find root causes; no shortcuts, temporary fixes, or
  "just in case" code.
- Minimal diffs: touch only what the change needs.
- APIs, internal ones included, are self-documenting and hard to misuse.
- Names and types carry meaning. Comment only what the code can't say: why, invariants,
  non-obvious tradeoffs. No comments that restate the code.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add rhovian/niles/AGENTS.md@sha256:81b7bd94bd3bdae3

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261027.ca1e0c8, 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 7 versions of this file, between Oct 13, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026, about one every 2 days.

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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 (3605 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

rhovian/niles · 4 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ckggdwfl3qgtvzb6
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rhovian/niles/AGENTS.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/81b7bd94bd3bdae3c45cc18953121176d5cb5d9040e9021e6cd5e4f1c42603d9

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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