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Re: Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md

#91

Post by operatingthetan »

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.

They are trying to stop scraping, I guess.

Re: Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md

#93

Post by spaqin »

operatingthetan wrote: post #91
ghostpepper wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

They are trying to stop scraping, I guess.

Scrapers won't be stopped by needing an account; in the recent discussion [0] about this, someone mentioned that there's even a JSON API you can use - by appending .json to any post! It's to drive engagement... for the advertisers. They gotta keep the valuation up after the IPO.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015533

Re: Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md

#94

Post by Systemerror7A69 »

verdverm wrote: post #72
acedTrex wrote: post #70

agentsmd is a ridiculous concept, it feels like a huge psyop that theres so much hullabaloo about this ridiculous markdown file.

people use it because it does in fact make a sizable difference in experience and outcomes

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 changed I'd be sceptical of this not still applying.

I think one major side effect of LLMs moving so fast is that best practices and how to use this tool is very much not catching up as fast.

No one knows what is best and what actually makes a difference, doubly so because LLMs are / very / hard to quantify - even benchmarks themselves are very rough estimations.

People do, in fact, use stuff which makes no difference all the times.

Re: Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md

#95

Post by simoncion »

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.

> They finally killed the `old.reddit.com` subdomain for logged-out users this week...

Is it a gradual shutdown? [0] works just fine for me, and I don't and have never had a Reddit account so I'm always logged out. I've visited a few of the comment threads on that page and they all display just fine.

[0] https://old.reddit.com/r/mikrotik/>

Re: Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md

#97

Post by Tadpole9181 »

ihuman wrote: post #86

Did something happen? Why is this on HN even though the issue's a year old?

This issue was linked in the recently-front-page issue on Opus 5 using astronomically hard to understand manners of speaking. Someone must have just noticed it and decided to post it here.

Re: Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md

#98

Post by stingraycharles »

blevinstein wrote: post #96

Workaround: local symlink from CLAUDE.md to AGENTS.md, inside each repo. It's not pretty, but it works, and it has become my standard practice, so that I get consistent behavior between claude cursor codex etc.

I put “@AGENTS.md” in a sibling CLAUDE.md which makes it a bit more explicit and don’t want to run into compatibility issues with the different types of OS’es / filesystems people are using.

But yeah, I think the ultimate goal of Anthropic is just to have a CLAUDE.md in every repository for marketing.

Re: Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md

#99

Post by OkGoDoIt »

simoncion wrote: post #95
ghostpepper wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

> They finally killed the `old.reddit.com` subdomain for logged-out users this week... Is it a gradual shutdown? [0] works just fine for me, and I don't and have never had a Reddit account so I'm always logged out. I've visited a few of the comment threads on that page and they all display just fine. [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/mikrotik/ >

It’s been broken for me for at least a week. When I click that link I get:

Log in to use old Reddit To keep Reddit safe, accounts are required to access old Reddit. Log in, or continue without an account on reddit.com.

By continuing, you agree to our User Agreement and acknowledge that you understand the Privacy Policy

—

Somehow Reddit thinks I care enough about their content to set up an account and log in just to read it. They are mistaken.

Re: Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md

#100

Post by simoncion »

OkGoDoIt wrote: post #99
simoncion wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> They finally killed the `old.reddit.com` subdomain for logged-out users this week... Is it a gradual shutdown? [0] works just fine for me, and I don't and have never had a Reddit account so I'm always logged out. I've visited a few of the comment threads on that page and they all display just fine. [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/mikrotik/ >

It’s been broken for me for at least a week. When I click that link I get: Log in to use old Reddit To keep Reddit safe, accounts are required to access old Reddit. Log in, or continue without an account on reddit.com. By continuing, you agree to our User Agreement and acknowledge that you understand the Privacy Policy — Somehow Reddit thinks I care enough about their content to set up an account and log in just to r…

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.

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