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AGENTS.md from ml4t/skills 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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ml4t/skills
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AGENTS.md
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11,530 bytes
Repository stars
41
License
Apache-2.0

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What the file says

# ML4T Skills, Authoring Guide

**Location**: This repository
**Purpose**: 61 standalone agent skills that teach quant ML techniques correctly
**Distribution**: Standalone repo, ships via ML4T website as bonus resource for readers

## Current State

- The repository currently contains 61 `SKILL.md` files across the 10 categories below.
- The active maintenance objective is API accuracy: keep every `## Production Implementation` section aligned with the published `ml4t-*` library APIs.
- The conceptual teaching pattern remains fixed: concept-first, library-recommended (80/20), with no `ml4t.*` imports before `## Production Implementation`.
- If docs or existing skills conflict with current library source, treat library source as ground truth and update the skill/docs rather than preserving stale wrappers.
- Repo-local authoring guidance lives in `AGENTS.md`. Runtime state, memory, transitions, and other project-management artifacts belong under `.workspace/` and are not part of the public distribution.

## Distribution
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Source

GitHub

ml4t/skills · 41 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_imusse7pawnnhvat
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ml4t/skills/AGENTS.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d1850a17aabe12a133533c7e652cebfc5c4abf157df36f9fb58dc8e957e0fe2a

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