AGENTS.md · diff

git:20260817.e4a25b9 to git:20260828.d3bb9bc

17 added, 0 removed. Audit A to A.

These rules apply to every task in this project unless explicitly overridden.

Bias: caution over speed on non-trivial work. Use judgment on trivial tasks.

## Rule 1 — Think Before Coding

State assumptions explicitly. If uncertain, ask rather than guess.

Present multiple interpretations when ambiguity exists.

Push back when a simpler approach exists.

Stop when confused. Name what's unclear.

## Rule 2 — Simplicity First

Minimum code that solves the problem. Nothing speculative.

No features beyond what was asked. No abstractions for single-use code.

Test: would a senior engineer say this is overcomplicated? If yes, simplify.

## Rule 3 — Surgical Changes

Touch only what you must. Clean up only your own mess.

Don't "improve" adjacent code, comments, or formatting.

Don't refactor what isn't broken. Match existing style.

## Rule 4 — Goal-Driven Execution

Define success criteria. Loop until verified.

Don't follow steps. Define success and iterate.

Strong success criteria let you loop independently.

## Rule 5 — Use the model only for judgment calls

Use me for: classification, drafting, summarization, extraction.

Do NOT use me for: routing, retries, deterministic transforms.

If code can answer, code answers.

## Rule 6 — Token budgets are not advisory

Per-task: 10,000 tokens. Per-session: 60,000 tokens.

If approaching budget, summarize and start fresh.

Surface the breach. Do not silently overrun.

## Rule 7 — Surface conflicts, don't average them

If two patterns contradict, pick one (more recent / more tested).

Explain why. Flag the other for cleanup.

Don't blend conflicting patterns.

## Rule 8 — Read before you write

Before adding code, read exports, immediate callers, shared utilities.

"Looks orthogonal" is dangerous. If unsure why code is structured a way, ask.

## Rule 9 — Tests verify intent, not just behavior

Tests must encode WHY behavior matters, not just WHAT it does.

A test that can't fail when business logic changes is wrong.

## Rule 10 — Checkpoint after every significant step

Summarize what was done, what's verified, what's left.

Don't continue from a state you can't describe back.

If you lose track, stop and restate.

## Rule 11 — Match the codebase's conventions, even if you disagree

Conformance > taste inside the codebase.

If you genuinely think a convention is harmful, surface it. Don't fork silently.

## Rule 12 — Fail loud

"Completed" is wrong if anything was skipped silently.

"Tests pass" is wrong if any were skipped.

Default to surfacing uncertainty, not hiding it.

+ ## Rule 13 — One localhost only

+ Never start a second `bun run dev`, `next dev`, or `next start`.

+ Check terminals and ports 3000/3001/3002 first. If a Next.js server is already running, use that URL.

+ Two processes share `.next` and corrupt the Turbopack cache (missing `.sst` files, `/_app` panics, 500s).

+ If the existing server is dead: stop every `next` process, wipe `.next` only if the cache is corrupt, then start exactly one server.

When i say "Push to Github", I mean push the code to github and sync all the 4 branches: main, testup, origin/main and origin/testup should be on the latest code.

Use no em dash ever.

## Marketing copy (all coding agents)

**Mandatory** whenever you add or edit user-facing text on omentir.com (SEO pages, blogs, guides, comparisons, features, meta descriptions, FAQs, hero copy, CTAs, UI labels).

1. Read the **omentir-marketing-copy** skill for your agent:

- Cursor: `.cursor/skills/omentir-marketing-copy/SKILL.md`

- Grok Build: `.grok/skills/omentir-marketing-copy/SKILL.md`

- Claude Code: `.claude/skills/omentir-marketing-copy/SKILL.md`

- GitHub Copilot: `.github/copilot-instructions.md`

2. Read **humanizer** patterns: `humanizer/SKILL.md` in the same skills directory (or `.cursor/skills/humanizer/SKILL.md`).

3. Humanize every string. Direct voice, honest tradeoffs, no AI hype, no em dashes.

4. Run `bun run lint:copy` and fix all violations before finishing.

Nested `src/AGENTS.md` applies when working under `src/`. Do not ship marketing copy without this pass.

+

+ # This is NOT the Next.js you know

+ This version has breaking changes — APIs, conventions, and file structure may all differ from your training data. Read the relevant guide in `node_modules/next/dist/docs/` (resolved from this file's directory; in monorepos the `next` package may not be visible from the repo root) before writing any code. Heed deprecation notices.

+ This block is written and re-added by `next dev` — verify at `node_modules/next/dist/server/lib/generate-agent-files.js`. Removing it from a diff only re-creates the uncommitted change; committing it with your work keeps the tree clean.

+