raghu@dark-factory :~/kb/agent-instruction-file $ cat

Agent Instruction File

A checked-in natural-language file (e.g. CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md) that encodes a repo's conventions, guardrails, and operating rules to steer a coding agent's behavior within that project.

grounded in: This repo's own CLAUDE.md project-instructions file (loaded verbatim to steer the agent), amplified by the HN-front-page trend of coding-agent CLIs (Grok build CLI, OpenCode) as the new way to build s

Connected concepts

Agent = Model + Harness, Harness engineering, Context engineering, Agentic-SDLC doctrine, Terminal-native coding agent

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