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

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AGENTS.md file
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baristaze/swe_guidelines
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AGENTS.md
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MIT

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What the file says

# Working in this repository

This repository holds one guideline (`architecture.md`), the scaffold
that shows its shape (`scaffold/`), the lenses and the skills that hold
its detail (`lenses/`, `skills/`), the static checker (`checkers/`), the
benchmark harness (`benchmark/`), and the scripts that keep them
consistent (`scripts/`, `Makefile`). Each script's docstring states
what it holds. Read it before you change what it checks.

## The ladder

The guideline tells the story and states every rule. A lens or a skill
holds the checkable detail under a rule the guideline states. It is
stricter than the story on purpose, never contrary to it, and it never
adds a rule the guideline does not state. The checker and the gates are
stricter still. When the guideline changes, every lens and skill that
cites the changed text changes with it.

## Writing

- A person and an agent read `architecture.md`, the READMEs, and
  `docs/`. They tell the story and point at the detail: short
  sentences, one idea each, in the present tense, with no history.
- Only agents read the lenses, the skills, and `agents/`. They may be
  exact, and they name the scaffold file whose shape to follow.
…

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How to install

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Source

GitHub

baristaze/swe_guidelines · 94 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_doblfqqdzeh7vbze
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=baristaze/swe_guidelines/AGENTS.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/432b18f44828293b11fabd8a3203a6f2a28836c8eeb4e3cc0e130504c232d8e5

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