Discussion - Topic: AGENTS.md

This week's topic: AGENTS.md

As described in Thoughtworks Technology Radar Vol. #33.

AGENTS.md is a common format for providing instructions to AI coding agents working on a project. Essentially a README file for agents, it has no required fields or formatting other than Markdown, relying on the ability of LLM-based coding agents to interpret human-written, human-readable guidance. Typical uses include tips on using tools in the coding environment, testing instructions and preferred practices for managing commits. While AI tools support various methods for context engineering, the value of AGENTS.md lies in creating a simple convention for a file that acts as a starting point.

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Discussion Resources :

AGENTS.md Emerges as Open Standard for AI Coding Agents
https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/08/agents-md/

Improve your AI code output with AGENTS.md (+ my best tips)
https://www.builder.io/blog/agents-md

How to use AGENTS.md?
https://agents.md/

The rise of Agents.md, an open standard and single source-of-truth for AI coding agents
https://tessl.io/blog/the-rise-of-agents-md-an-open-standard-and-single-source-of-truth-for-ai-coding-agents/

How to write a great agents.md: Lessons from over 2,500 repositories
https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/how-to-write-a-great-agents-md-lessons-from-over-2500-repositories/

Context Engineering for Agents
https://rlancemartin.github.io/2025/06/23/context_engineering/

From vibe coding to context engineering
https://www.thoughtworks.com/en-us/insights/blog/machine-learning-and-ai/vibe-coding-context-engineering-2025-software-development

Deep Dive into Context Engineering for Agents
https://galileo.ai/blog/context-engineering-for-agents