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AGENTS.md from linuztx/alter-zero is an AGENTS.md file: the standing instructions coding agents read in that repo.

Install it, pinned
mdr add linuztx/alter-zero/AGENTS.md@git:20261021.908f018

Pins git:20261021.908f018 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 14 of 14 checks passed
Kind
AGENTS.md file
Repository
linuztx/alter-zero
Path
AGENTS.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
git:20261021.908f018, committed Oct 21, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 18, 2026
Size
15,723 bytes
Repository stars
126
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

# AGENTS.md

Instructions for coding agents (**Claude Code**, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, anything
that reads `AGENTS.md`) working in this repository. `CLAUDE.md` is read by Claude
Code too; where the two disagree, this file wins on **what to run**, `CLAUDE.md`
wins on **how the code works**.

Read [`CLAUDE.md`](CLAUDE.md) (the architecture map) and the `docs/` page for the
area you are touching before changing it. `docs/` holds the design rationale —
what looks arbitrary in this code is usually a bug someone already paid for.

## The most important rule: run the smallest check that can fail

This is a single crate of about 250k lines of Rust (some 80k of it outside the
tests) with **about 5,500 unit tests** and **146 smoke phases**. The full suite
is not a "does it still work" button — it is the last step before a commit, and
CI runs it for you on every push.

Do **not** run `cargo test` (or `cargo clippy --all-targets`, or
`scripts/smoke.sh`) after every edit to see whether something broke. Pick the
targeted command for the code you touched, and escalate only when the change
crosses a boundary.

### What each command actually costs here
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add linuztx/alter-zero/AGENTS.md@sha256:5cdc1243704d1ebe

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261021.908f018, 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 4 versions of this file, between Oct 18, 2026 and Oct 21, 2026, more than one a day.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261021.908f018 latest2026-10-21 908f018 15,723 BA view · diff
git:20261021.1ed1e902026-10-21 1ed1e90 15,723 BA view · diff
git:20261018.f4267462026-10-18 f426746 15,604 BA view · diff
git:20261018.e59d2982026-10-18 e59d298 15,744 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 (15723 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

linuztx/alter-zero · 126 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cwdngclrdjsz7wev
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=linuztx/alter-zero/AGENTS.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5cdc1243704d1ebee3bb6667c6f9af8739e25d225673467dd44f1036c1afe5a5

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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