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AGENTS.md from google/elephant-goldfish-model is an AGENTS.md file: the standing instructions coding agents read in that repo.

Install it, pinned
mdr add google/elephant-goldfish-model/AGENTS.md@git:20261103.ccd79fe

Pins git:20261103.ccd79fe in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 14 of 14 checks passed
Kind
AGENTS.md file
Repository
google/elephant-goldfish-model
Path
AGENTS.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20261103.ccd79fe, committed Nov 3, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 21, 2026
Size
1,864 bytes
Repository stars
13,713
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

# Agent Guidelines for Elephant-Goldfish Model (EGM)

You are assisting development in the EGM repository.

## Contribution Boundaries

* **No Autonomous PRs**: You must never automatically open a pull request without
  explicit human review, testing, and approval.
* **No Design Docs for Bug Fixes**: Never create files in `docs/designs/` for a
  `Bug Fix / Minor Patch`. A new design doc belongs in the Stage 1 PR of the
  `Feature / Architectural Change` track.
* **Triage Taxonomy**: Ensure the human operator selects the appropriate track in
  [`.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md`](.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md):
  * `Bug Fix / Minor Patch` (non-test diff `<= 100` lines and `< 3` core files in
    `skills/` or `agents/`; no design doc required, but please update an existing
    design if appropriate).
  * `Feature / Architectural Change — Stage 1: Design Doc PR` (requires an aligned
    issue with `design-ready`, uses `Refs #<issue>`, and adds
    `docs/designs/<name>.md` + updates `docs/designs/README.md`).
  * `Feature / Architectural Change — Stage 2: Implementation PR` (requires an
    aligned issue with `pr-ready` and a merged
    `docs/designs/<name>.md`).
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add google/elephant-goldfish-model/AGENTS.md@sha256:9dbbe029a9c20958

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261103.ccd79fe, 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 3 versions of this file, between Oct 21, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026, about one every 6 days.

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git:20261021.096e9ad2026-10-21 096e9ad 1,695 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 (1864 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

google/elephant-goldfish-model · 13,713 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hrpgg7cgss4vcf3q
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=google/elephant-goldfish-model/AGENTS.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9dbbe029a9c20958b8a506fc23a3fe17ae09d7c2834547cf1d145f399a28df00

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