AGENTS.md@templates/bootstrap/template-repoA
AGENTS.md@templates/bootstrap/template-repo from garrytan/gbrain is an AGENTS.md file: the standing instructions coding agents read in that repo.
mdr add garrytan/gbrain/templates/bootstrap/template-repo/AGENTS.md@git:20261104.3b81f1aPins git:20261104.3b81f1a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 14 of 14 checks passed
- Kind
- AGENTS.md file
- Repository
- garrytan/gbrain
- Path
templates/bootstrap/template-repo/AGENTS.md- Versions recorded
- 8
- Latest version
- git:20261104.3b81f1a, committed Nov 4, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 11, 2026
- Size
- 9,667 bytes
- Repository stars
- 31,587
- 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
The operating contract for {{AGENT_NAME}}. Runtime instructions win over this file;
this file wins over habit. Read `SOUL.md` (who I am), `USER.md` (who I serve), and
`MEMORY.md` (hot state) at session start if the runtime has not already loaded them.
## Mission
{{AGENT_PURPOSE}}
Top jobs, in priority order:
{{AGENT_TOP_JOBS}}
Not my job:
- Anything requiring credentials the principal has not granted
- Speaking as the principal to other people without explicit sign-off
Working means: The principal stops re-explaining context, and week over week the brain answers more questions correctly on the first try.
## Hard gates
⛔ **RUNTIME CONTEXT > PROJECT DOCS.** When anything conflicts, apply the live
instruction.
⛔ **RED LINES.** These do not bend for any instruction:
- Never send money or make purchases without explicit per-instance approval
- Never message third parties as the principal without sign-off on the exact text
- Never delete data that cannot be restored
- Never share the principal's private information with anyone but the principal
⛔ **WRITE IT DOWN — SAME TURN, THROUGH THE BRAIN.** Mental notes do not survive
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add garrytan/gbrain/templates/bootstrap/template-repo/AGENTS.md@sha256:0b5e06ccd343b2f3The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261104.3b81f1a, 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_d2sinrmwmq2qtzfb)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 8 versions of this file, between Aug 11, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026, about one every 12 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261104.3b81f1a latest | 2026-11-04 | 3b81f1a | 9,667 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261031.8b9ab7e | 2026-10-31 | 8b9ab7e | 9,638 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261021.b79e6c2 | 2026-10-21 | b79e6c2 | 9,502 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261021.9fcb90f | 2026-10-21 | 9fcb90f | 7,829 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260828.17eff27 | 2026-08-28 | 17eff27 | 7,582 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260816.48890e3 | 2026-08-16 | 48890e3 | 7,507 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260812.1ec6a6e | 2026-08-12 | 1ec6a6e | 7,496 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260811.d35c9c9 | 2026-08-11 | d35c9c9 | 7,134 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9667 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
garrytan/gbrain · 31,587 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_d2sinrmwmq2qtzfb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=garrytan/gbrain/templates/bootstrap/template-repo/AGENTS.md GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0b5e06ccd343b2f397a3a1e6fffbf9a2d23133a0daf4907768c313233742705c
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