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Evaluating AGENTS.md: are they helpful for coding agents?

9 days ago
  • #context-files
  • #coding-agents
  • #software-engineering
  • Evaluates the effectiveness of repository-level context files (like AGENTS.md) for coding agents.
  • Finds that context files reduce task success rates and increase inference costs by over 20%.
  • Observes that context files encourage broader exploration (e.g., more testing and file traversal).
  • Concludes that unnecessary requirements from context files make tasks harder.
  • Recommends human-written context files should describe only minimal requirements.