Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md

Post by plorntus » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 6:44 AM UTC

PieUser wrote: post #120

MrGilbert wrote: post #112

Maybe I miss a bit of information here, but I'm wondering why a random PR in a repository ( https://github.com/Piebald-AI/tweakcc/pull/459 ) can close an issue in an unrelated repository ( https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/6235 )? Is that a misconfiguration, or is that on purpose for Github? I never noticed that before.

GitHub API says it was closed by bcherny himself: $ gh api repos/anthropics/claude-code/issues/6235 --jq '{state, state_reason, closed_at, closed_by}' { "closed_at": "2026-08-17T03:37:37Z", "closed_by": { ... "id": 1761758, "login": "bcherny", "url": " https://api.github.com/users/bcherny ", }, "state": "closed", "state_reason": "completed" }

Post by ybbond » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC

ghostpepper wrote: post #90

monksy wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reddit is undergoing an even worse tragetory right now: They're a lot heavier on the censorship and sidewide ban. Subs are being astroturfed as much or worse than usual. On top of that they're trying to stop anonymous browsing by paywalling on a timer.

They finally killed the `old.reddit.com` subdomain for logged-out users this week, which was the final push I needed to stop even idly browsing. I've been using the site since at least the digg exodus in 2010.

Post by Systemerror7A69 » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 6:51 AM UTC

bryan0 wrote: post #105

Systemerror7A69 wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Theres a study from earlier this year which suggests the opposite: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.11988 Most of the agents.md and what people use it for / write into is does, in fact, not make a difference. Now, sure, this study is a bit old for LLM standards - as everything beyond the current month is - but a) I haven't seen any tangible evidence to the contrary and b) Since the basic inner workings of LLMs haven't chan…

That's not what the study says. from the abstract: > We conclude that while context files are useful for specifying non-standard coding practices, any attempts to improve performance should be rigorously evaluated before deployment. The purpose of AGENTS.md is not to improve "coding performance" as the study looked at, it's to give an agent practical instructions that are useful to your specific workflow. For example…

Post by onli » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 6:57 AM UTC

OkGoDoIt wrote: post #102

simoncion wrote: post #100

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Hmm. I'm using Firefox on a full-sized computer (that is, not a phone or tablet). Do you get different results with Firefox on a full-sized computer, or is that your primary web browser? > Somehow Reddit thinks I care enough about their content to set up an account and log in just to read it. They are mistaken. Same here.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it has more to do with the fact that I’m currently in Vietnam. I certainly get a lot of websites that give me extra hassle about accessing from here, or some simply refuse to load at all. Just try booking a domestic USA flight on Frontier Airlines or Southwest Airlines while currently being in Southeast Asia… For what it’s worth, I’ve received this on my iPhone running safari. I almost neve…

Post by kaliqt » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC

areoform wrote: post #26

This reminds me of Reddit killing off third-party clients and Twitter doing the same. The decline wasn't immediately obvious at first, but it happened and it capped the growth trajectory of both. Twitter never grew as fast as it did during the third-party client and applications era. Reddit isn't adding meaningful, human-written content as fast as it was in that era. There's a lot more activity now, but based purely…